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CHEBI ONTOLOGY - ANNOTATIONS

The Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) ontology is downloaded weekly from EMBL-EBI at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/. The data is made available under the Creative Commons License (CC BY 3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). For more information see: Degtyarenko et al. (2008) ChEBI: a database and ontology for chemical entities of biological interest. Nucleic Acids Res. 36, D344–D350.

Term:butyl formate
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Accession:CHEBI:88514 term browser browse the term
Definition:A formate ester resulting from the formal condensation of formic acid with the hydroxy group of butan-1-ol. Found in apples, strawberries, sherry and Pamesan cheese, it has a fruity, plum-like odour and taste.
Synonyms:related_synonym: Butyl methanoate;   FEMA 2916;   FEMA No. 2196;   Formic acid butyl ester;   Formula=C5H10O2;   InChI=1S/C5H10O2/c1-2-3-4-7-5-6/h5H,2-4H2,1H3;   InChIKey=NMJJFJNHVMGPGM-UHFFFAOYSA-N;   N-Butyl formate;   N-Butyl methanoate;   SMILES=CCCCOC(=O)[H]
 xref: CAS:592-84-7;   HMDB:HMDB0040575;   MetaCyc:CPD-18956;   PMID:16320290;   PMID:19167006;   Reaxys:1742108



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    subatomic particle 19909
      composite particle 19909
        hadron 19880
          baryon 19880
            nucleon 19909
              atomic nucleus 19880
                atom 19909
                  main group element atom 19849
                    p-block element atom 19849
                      carbon group element atom 19766
                        carbon atom 19785
                          organic molecular entity 19785
                            heteroorganic entity 19541
                              organochalcogen compound 19301
                                organooxygen compound 19193
                                  carbon oxoacid 18681
                                    carboxylic acid 18678
                                      monocarboxylic acid 18024
                                        fatty acid 16829
                                          fatty acid derivative 8989
                                            fatty alcohol 6122
                                              primary fatty alcohol 5805
                                                short-chain primary fatty alcohol 5796
                                                  butan-1-ol 5739
                                                    butyl formate 0
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