Compound
a carboxylic ester
An ester of a carboxylic acid, R1C(=O)OR2, where R1 = H or organyl and R2 = organyl.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:33308), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
CHEBI:33308ChEBI
Structure
- Class
- Structural class, not a single molecule
- Formula
- CO2R2
- Mass
- 44.01 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- SMILES
- [1*]C(=O)O[2*]
- Look it up
- ChEBI
Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
4 entities
4 entities reached.
0 reported hops4 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Statements
5 statements
5 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: a carboxylic ester · Sources: Rhea
- a carboxylic ester is metabolised by CES1ProteinRhea RHEA:21164Inferred only
- a carboxylic ester is metabolised by CES2ProteinRhea RHEA:21164Inferred only
- a carboxylic ester is metabolised by CES3ProteinRhea RHEA:21164Inferred only
- a carboxylic ester is metabolised by CES5AProteinRhea RHEA:21164Inferred only
- a carboxylic ester is a substrate of OVCA2ProteinRhea RHEA:21164Inferred only
Reactions
1 reaction
a carboxylic ester+wateran alcohol+a carboxylate+hydron
Catalysed by CES2 or CES1 or CES5A or CES3 or OVCA2
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:21164CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: a carboxylic ester
- Also called
- carboxylic acid estersCarboxylic ester
- Systematic name
- carboxylic esters