formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842)

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ChEBI Name	formaldehyde

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:16842

Definition	An aldehyde resulting from the formal oxidation of methanol.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:5142, CHEBI:14274, CHEBI:24077, CHEBI:337763

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Formula

CH2O

Net Charge

Average Mass

30.02598

Monoisotopic Mass

30.01056

InChI

InChI=1S/CH2O/c1-2/h1H2

InChIKey

WSFSSNUMVMOOMR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

[H]C([H])=O

Metabolite of Species	Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090)	Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCBI:txid4932)	Source: yeast.sf.net See: PubMed
Escherichia coli (NCBI:txid562)	See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606)	See: DOI

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	environmental contaminant Any minor or unwanted substance introduced into the environment that can have undesired effects.

Biological Role(s):	EC 3.5.1.4 (amidase) inhibitor An EC 3.5.1.* (non-peptide linear amide C-N hydrolase) inhibitor that interferes with the action of amidase (EC 3.5.1.4). Escherichia coli metabolite Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli. carcinogenic agent A role played by a chemical compound which is known to induce a process of carcinogenesis by corrupting normal cellular pathways, leading to the acquistion of tumoral capabilities. Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite Any fungal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ). allergen A chemical compound, or part thereof, which causes the onset of an allergic reaction by interacting with any of the molecular pathways involved in an allergy. mouse metabolite Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus). disinfectant An antimicrobial agent that is applied to non-living objects to destroy harmful microorganisms or to inhibit their activity.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971) formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite (CHEBI:75772) formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role allergen (CHEBI:50904) formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role carcinogenic agent (CHEBI:50903) formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role disinfectant (CHEBI:48219) formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role EC 3.5.1.4 (amidase) inhibitor (CHEBI:77941) formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role environmental contaminant (CHEBI:78298) formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771) formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) is a aldehyde (CHEBI:17478) formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) is a one-carbon compound (CHEBI:64708)

Incoming	compound 48/80 (CHEBI:75295) has functional parent formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) methanimine (CHEBI:38220) has functional parent formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) oxomethyl (CHEBI:29327) has functional parent formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) phosgene (CHEBI:29365) has functional parent formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) carbonylidene group (CHEBI:30152) is substituent group from formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842)

IUPAC Name

formaldehyde

Last Modified

20 November 2019