Compound
5-hydroxy-octadecanoate
An hydroxy saturated fatty acid anion that is the conjugate base of 5-hydroxydecanoic acid, obtained by deprotonation of the carboxy group; major species at pH 7.3.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:136370), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
CHEBI:136370ChEBI
Structure
No three-dimensional record for this entry.
- Class
- Organic compound, anion
- Formula
- C18H35O3
- Mass
- 299.475 g/mol
- Charge
- -1
- InChIKey
- YTITYUDOZJUZBE-UHFFFAOYSA-M
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)CCCC(=O)[O-]
- Look it up
- ChEBIBy InChIKey
Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence.
Reactions
2 reactions
5-(9Z-hexadecenoyloxy)-octadecanoate+water5-hydroxy-octadecanoate+(9Z)-hexadecenoate+hydron
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:52092CC BY 4.0Reference data
5-(9Z-octadecenoyloxy)-octadecanoate+water5-hydroxy-octadecanoate+(9Z)-octadecenoate+hydron
Catalysed by ADTRP
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:52100CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: 5-hydroxy-octadecanoate
- Also called
- 5-hydroxystearate
- Systematic name
- 5-hydroxyoctadecanoate