
6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-one
Sulcatone is a heptenone that is hept-5-en-2-one substituted by a methyl group at position 6. It is a volatile oil component of citronella oil, lemon-grass oil and palmarosa oil. It has a role as a volatile oil component, an alarm pheromone and a plant metabolite. It is a heptenone and a methyl ketone. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 6-methylhept-5-en-2-one
- Molecular formula
- C8H14O
- Molecular weight
- 126.20 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 126.104465066 Da
- XLogP3
- 1.9
- Topological polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 1
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:16310
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL46340
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID5021629
- PubMed:22945026
- PubMed:22489153
- PubMed:22384116
- PubMed:22346620
- PubMed:22291693
- PubMed:22279069
- PubMed:22162874
- PubMed:22142357
- PubMed:21931286
- PubMed:21813796
- PubMed:21609020
- PubMed:21535574
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