Compound
octanal
A saturated fatty aldehyde formally arising from reduction of the carboxy group of caprylic acid (octanoic acid).
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:17935), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
Structure
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- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- C8H16O
- Mass
- 128.215 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- InChIKey
- NUJGJRNETVAIRJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- [H]C(=O)CCCCCCC
- Look it up
- ChEBIPubChemBy InChIKey
Identity from ChEBI, geometry from PubChem. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
5 entities
5 entities reached.
0 reported hops5 assembled from the scaffold
- ALDH3A2ProteinUNIPROT:P51648metabolized byInferred only42 paths14 endpoints
- ALDH3B1ProteinUNIPROT:P43353metabolized byInferred only36 paths9 endpoints
- ALDH7A1ProteinUNIPROT:P49419metabolized byInferred only13 paths13 endpoints
- ALDH3B2ProteinUNIPROT:P48448metabolized byInferred only10 paths5 endpoints
- ALDH3A1ProteinUNIPROT:P30838metabolized byInferred only8 paths8 endpoints
What the reference databases state
Statements
24 statements
24 statements · 2 reference databases · Subject: octanal · Sources: Human-GEM, Rhea
- octanal is converted to octan-1-olCompoundRhea RHEA:24620Inferred only
- octanal is converted to octan-1-olCompoundRhea RHEA:58384Inferred only
- octanal is converted to octan-1-olCompoundRhea RHEA:69492Inferred only
- octan-1-ol is converted to octanalCompoundRhea RHEA:24620Inferred only
- octan-1-ol is converted to octanalCompoundRhea RHEA:58384Inferred only
- octan-1-ol is converted to octanalCompoundRhea RHEA:69492Inferred only
- octanal is converted to octanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:59904Inferred only
- octanal is converted to octanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:68932Inferred only
- octanal is converted to octanoateCompoundHuman-GEM MAR20061Inferred only
- octanal is converted to octanoateCompoundHuman-GEM MAR20037Inferred only
- octanal is converted to octanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:44100Inferred only
- octanoate is converted to octanalCompoundRhea RHEA:68932Inferred only
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- octanal is converted to octanoateCompoundHuman-GEM MAR20017Inferred only
- octanal is metabolised by ALDH3A1ProteinRhea RHEA:44100Inferred only
- octanal is metabolised by ALDH3A2ProteinHuman-GEM MAR20017Inferred only
- octanal is metabolised by ALDH3A2ProteinRhea RHEA:44100Inferred only
- octanal is metabolised by ALDH3A2ProteinHuman-GEM MAR20061Inferred only
- octanal is metabolised by ALDH3B1ProteinHuman-GEM MAR20037Inferred only
- octanal is metabolised by ALDH3B1ProteinRhea RHEA:44100Inferred only
- octanal is metabolised by ALDH3B1ProteinHuman-GEM MAR20017Inferred only
- octanal is metabolised by ALDH3B1ProteinRhea RHEA:59904Inferred only
- octanal is metabolised by ALDH3B2ProteinHuman-GEM MAR20017Inferred only
- octanal is metabolised by ALDH3B2ProteinRhea RHEA:44100Inferred only
- octanal is metabolised by ALDH7A1ProteinRhea RHEA:44100Inferred only
Reactions
14 reactions
water+NAD(+)+octanal2proton+NADH(2-)+octanoate
Catalysed by ALDH3B2 or ALDH3B1 or ALDH3A2
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 1.2.1.3, 1.2.1.48, 1.2.1.5cytosol
Human-GEM MAR20017CC BY 4.0Reference data
water+NADP(3-)+octanal2proton+NADPH(4-)+octanoate
Catalysed by ALDH3B1
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 1.2.1.3, 1.2.1.5cytosol
Human-GEM MAR20037CC BY 4.0Reference data
water+NAD(+)+octanal2proton+NADH(2-)+octanoate
Catalysed by ALDH3A2
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 1.2.1.3, 1.2.1.48, 1.2.1.5endoplasmic reticulum
Human-GEM MAR20061CC BY 4.0Reference data
octan-1-ol+NAD(1-)octanal+NADH(2-)+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:24620CC BY 4.0Reference data
octanal+NAD(1-)+wateroctanoate+NADH(2-)+2hydron
Catalysed by ALDH3A1 or ALDH3B1 or ALDH3B2 or ALDH7A1 or ALDH3A2
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:44100CC BY 4.0Reference data
octanal+NADP(3-)CHEBI:61748+NADPH(4-)+hydron
Catalysed by PTGR1
Reaction pageRight to leftBalanced
Rhea RHEA:50780CC BY 4.0Reference data
octan-1-ol+NADP(3-)octanal+NADPH(4-)+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:58384CC BY 4.0Reference data
octanal+NADP(3-)+wateroctanoate+NADPH(4-)+2hydron
Catalysed by ALDH3B1
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:59904CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:83021+2-oxoglutarate(2-)+dioxygenoctanal+sulfate+succinate(2-)+carbon dioxide+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:65736CC BY 4.0Reference data
octanoate+ATP(4-)+NADPH(4-)+hydronoctanal+AMP+diphosphate(3-)+NADP(3-)
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:68932CC BY 4.0Reference data
octan-1-ol+dioxygenoctanal+hydrogen peroxide
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:69492CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:195453+NAD(1-)+wateroctanal+ammonium+NADH(2-)+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:76843CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
18 names
Resolves to: octanal
- Also called
- 1-Caprylaldehyde1-Octaldehyde1-Octanal1-Octylaldehydealdehyde C-8C-8 aldehydecaprylaldehydecaprylic aldehydeFAL 8:0n-caprylaldehyden-octaldehyden-octanaln-octyl aldehyden-octylaloctan-1-aloctanaldehydeoctanoic aldehydeoctylaldehyde