Compound
butanal
A member of the class of butanals that consists of propane bearing a formyl substituent at the 1-position. The parent of the class of butanals.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:15743), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
Structure
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- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- C4H8O
- Mass
- 72.107 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- InChIKey
- ZTQSAGDEMFDKMZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- [H]C(=O)CCC
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Identity from ChEBI, geometry from PubChem. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
2 entities
2 entities reached.
0 reported hops2 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Chemical structure
- 4-acetamidobutanal has the functional parent butanalCompoundChEBI CHEBI:7386Inferred only
Statements
14 statements
14 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: butanal · Sources: Rhea
- 2-oxopentanoate is converted to butanalCompoundRhea RHEA:50312Inferred only
- butanal is converted to 2-oxopentanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:50312Inferred only
- butanoate is converted to butanalCompoundRhea RHEA:76659Inferred only
- butanal is converted to butanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:68916Inferred only
- butanal is converted to butanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:69088Inferred only
- butanal is converted to butanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:76659Inferred only
- butanoate is converted to butanalCompoundRhea RHEA:68916Inferred only
- butanoate is converted to butanalCompoundRhea RHEA:69088Inferred only
- butanoyl-CoA is converted to butanalCompoundRhea RHEA:22972Inferred only
- butanal is converted to butanoyl-CoACompoundRhea RHEA:22972Inferred only
- butanal is converted to butanoyl-CoACompoundRhea RHEA:22968Inferred only
- butanoyl-CoA is converted to butanalCompoundRhea RHEA:22968Inferred only
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- butanal is metabolised by ADH1AProteinRhea RHEA:33199Inferred only
- butanal is metabolised by ALDH9A1ProteinRhea RHEA:69088Inferred only
Reactions
15 reactions
butanal+NAD(1-)+coenzyme A(4-)butanoyl-CoA+NADH(2-)+hydron
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Rhea RHEA:22968CC BY 4.0Reference data
butanal+NADP(3-)+coenzyme A(4-)butanoyl-CoA+NADPH(4-)+hydron
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Rhea RHEA:22972CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:61911+FMNH2+dioxygenbutanal+FMN+sulfite+water+2hydron
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Rhea RHEA:29735CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:28885+NAD(1-)butanal+NADH(2-)+hydron
Catalysed by ADH1A
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Rhea RHEA:33199CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:28885+2Fe(III)-[cytochrome c]butanal+2Fe(II)-[cytochrome c]+2hydron
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Rhea RHEA:43432CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:28885+a quinonebutanal+a quinol
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Rhea RHEA:49808CC BY 4.0Reference data
2-oxopentanoate+hydronbutanal+carbon dioxide
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Rhea RHEA:50312CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:28885+NADP(3-)butanal+NADPH(4-)+hydron
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Rhea RHEA:64708CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:157686+2-oxoglutarate(2-)+dioxygenbutanal+sulfate+succinate(2-)+carbon dioxide+hydron
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Rhea RHEA:65720CC BY 4.0Reference data
butanoate+ATP(4-)+NADPH(4-)+hydronbutanal+AMP+diphosphate(3-)+NADP(3-)
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Rhea RHEA:68916CC BY 4.0Reference data
butanal+NAD(1-)+waterbutanoate+NADH(2-)+2hydron
Catalysed by ALDH9A1
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:69088CC BY 4.0Reference data
butanal+NADP(3-)+waterbutanoate+NADPH(4-)+2hydron
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Rhea RHEA:76659CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
15 names
Resolves to: butanal
- Also called
- 1-ButanalButalButaldehydebutan-1-alButanaldehydeButyl aldehydeButylaldehydeButyralButyraldehydeButyric aldehydeButyrylaldehyden-Butanaln-Butyl aldehyden-Butyraldehyden-C3H7CHO