
3-Methylbutanal
3-methylbutanal is a methylbutanal that is butanal substituted by a methyl group at position 3. It occurs as a volatile constituent in olives. It has a role as a volatile oil component, a flavouring agent, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite and a plant metabolite. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 3-methylbutanal
- Molecular formula
- C5H10O
- Molecular weight
- 86.13 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 86.073164938 Da
- XLogP3
- 1.0
- 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:16638
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL18360
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID1021619
- PubMed:23107499
- PubMed:23065996
- PubMed:22998013
- PubMed:22986207
- PubMed:22816290
- PubMed:22762999
- PubMed:22701279
- PubMed:22701113
- PubMed:22682685
- PubMed:22666092
- PubMed:22656242
- PubMed:22641336
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