Compound
a fatty aldehyde
An aldehyde formally arising from reduction of the carboxylic acid group of its corresponding fatty acid, having a carbonyl group at one end of the carbon chain.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:35746), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
Structure
- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- CHOR
- Mass
- 29.018 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- SMILES
- *C([H])=O
- Look it up
- ChEBI
Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
1 entity
1 entities reached.
0 reported hops1 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Statements
3 statements
3 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: a fatty aldehyde · Sources: Rhea
- a fatty aldehyde is converted to a fatty acidCompoundRhea RHEA:49832Inferred only
- a fatty acid is converted to a fatty aldehydeCompoundRhea RHEA:49832Inferred only
- a fatty aldehyde is metabolised by ALDH3A2ProteinRhea RHEA:49832Inferred only
Reactions
6 reactions
CHEBI:76941a fatty aldehyde+phosphoethanolamine
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:39999CC BY 4.0Reference data
a fatty aldehyde+NAD(1-)+watera fatty acid+NADH(2-)+2hydron
Catalysed by ALDH3A2
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:49832CC BY 4.0Reference data
a C2-C8-saturated long-chain fatty acyl-[ACP]+2reduced [flavodoxin]+3dioxygen6-carboxyhexanoyl-[ACP]+a fatty aldehyde+2oxidized [flavodoxin]+3water+3hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:52852CC BY 4.0Reference data
a (7R,8R)-7,8-dihydroxy-C2-C8-saturated long-chain fatty acyl-[ACP]+reduced [flavodoxin]+dioxygen7-oxoheptanoyl-[ACP]+a fatty aldehyde+oxidized [flavodoxin]+2water+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:52980CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:147340+hydrona fatty aldehyde+carbon dioxide+water
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:68476CC BY 4.0Reference data
a fatty aldehyde+NADP(3-)+watera fatty acid+NADPH(4-)+2hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:80823CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: a fatty aldehyde
- Also called
- Fatty Aldehydefatty aldehydes