CHEBI:16285 - phytanic acid

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ChEBI Name phytanic acid ChEBI ID CHEBI:16285 Definition A branched-chain saturated fatty acid consisting of hexadecanoic acid carrying methyl substituents at positions 3, 7, 11 and 15. Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team. Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:26111, CHEBI:8189 Supplier Information Download Molfile XML SDF Find compounds which contain this structure Find compounds which resemble this structure Take structure to the Advanced Search Formula C20H40O2 Net Charge 0 Average Mass 312.53040 Monoisotopic Mass 312.30283 InChI InChI=1S/C20H40O2/c1-16(2)9-6-10-17(3)11-7-12-18(4)13-8-14-19(5)15-20(21)22/h16-19H,6-15H2,1-5H3,(H,21,22) InChIKey RLCKHJSFHOZMDR-UHFFFAOYSA-N SMILES CC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CC(O)=O Roles Classification Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base). (via oxoacid ) View more via ChEBI Ontology ChEBI Ontology Outgoing phytanic acid (CHEBI:16285) has functional parent hexadecanoic acid (CHEBI:15756) phytanic acid (CHEBI:16285) has parent hydride phytane (CHEBI:48937) phytanic acid (CHEBI:16285) is a branched-chain saturated fatty acid (CHEBI:39417) phytanic acid (CHEBI:16285) is a long-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:15904) phytanic acid (CHEBI:16285) is a methyl-branched fatty acid (CHEBI:62499) phytanic acid (CHEBI:16285) is conjugate acid of phytanate (CHEBI:37257) Incoming ω-hydroxyphytanic acid (CHEBI:84925) has functional parent phytanic acid (CHEBI:16285) 2-hydroxyphytanic acid (CHEBI:37258) has functional parent phytanic acid (CHEBI:16285) 2-oxophytanic acid (CHEBI:18168) has functional parent phytanic acid (CHEBI:16285) phytanoyl-CoA (CHEBI:15538) has functional parent phytanic acid (CHEBI:16285) phytanate (CHEBI:37257) is conjugate base of phytanic acid (CHEBI:16285) IUPAC Name 3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecanoic acid Synonyms Sources 3,7,11,15-tetramethyl hexadecanoic acid ChEBI 3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-hexadecanoic acid LIPID MAPS 3,7,11,15-Tetramethyl-hexadecansäure ChEBI Phytanic acid KEGG COMPOUND Manual Xrefs Databases C01607 KEGG COMPOUND LMFA01020251 LIPID MAPS View more database links Registry Numbers Types Sources 14721-66-5 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND 14721-66-5 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus 1789963 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys 1789963 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein Citations Types Sources 12187408 PubMed citation Europe PMC 17956237 PubMed citation Europe PMC 9819701 PubMed citation Europe PMC Last Modified 23 October 2015

General Comment 2011-01-17 A branched-chain saturated fatty acid derived from the phytol side-chain of chlorophyll, which appears in humans following the ingestion of fat-containing foods.