Compound
eicosan-1-ol
A long-chain primary fatty alcohol that is icosane in which one of the terminal methyl hydrogens is replaced by a hydroxy group.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:75627), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
Structure
No three-dimensional record for this entry.
- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- C20H42O
- Mass
- 298.555 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- InChIKey
- BTFJIXJJCSYFAL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCO
- Look it up
- ChEBIBy InChIKey
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
Chemical structure
- 1-O-eicosanyl (9Z)-octadecenoate has the functional parent eicosan-1-olCompoundChEBI CHEBI:75628Inferred only
Statements
2 statements
2 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: eicosan-1-ol · Sources: Rhea
- eicosanoyl-CoA is converted to eicosan-1-olCompoundRhea RHEA:81727Inferred only
- eicosan-1-ol is a substrate of AWAT1ProteinRhea RHEA:38243Inferred only
Reactions
3 reactions
eicosan-1-ol+(9Z)-octadecenoyl-CoA1-O-eicosanyl (9Z)-octadecenoate+coenzyme A(4-)
Catalysed by AWAT1
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:38243CC BY 4.0Reference data
eicosan-1-ol+hexadecanoyl-CoACHEBI:84065+coenzyme A(4-)
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:44116CC BY 4.0Reference data
eicosanoyl-CoA+2NADPH(4-)+2hydroneicosan-1-ol+2NADP(3-)+coenzyme A(4-)
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:81727CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
12 names
Resolves to: eicosan-1-ol
- Also called
- 1-eicosanol1-icosanolarachic alcoholarachidic alcoholarachidyl alcoholeicosanoleicosanol-(1)eicosyl alcoholFOH 20:0n-1-eicosanoln-eicosanol
- Systematic name
- icosan-1-ol