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(2E)-2-hexenal
Sign in to saveAlso known as trans-2-hexenal, leaf aldehyde, (2E)-hex-2-enal
'''trans-2-Hexenal' is an organic unsaturated aldehyde with a six-carbon chain. This clear, pale yellow liquid has a green, leafy, herbal fruit smell. It occurs naturally in a wide variety of plants, fruits, vegetables, and spices, and appears to be an important mediating and signalling chemical in plant-fungus and plant-insect interactions, such as the symbiosis between acacia ants and Acacias''.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H10O
- Molecular weight
- 98.14 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (E)-hex-2-enal
- SMILES
- CCC/C=C/C=O
- InChIKey
- MBDOYVRWFFCFHM-SNAWJCMRSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.5
- Polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 98.073
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- found in taxon
- Fragaria
- chemical formula
- C₆H₁₀O
- canonical SMILES
- CCCC=CC=O
- isomeric SMILES
- CCC/C=C/C=O
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Occurrence
- Uses
- See also
- References
'''trans-2-Hexenal' is an organic unsaturated aldehyde with a six-carbon chain. This clear, pale yellow liquid has a green, leafy, herbal fruit smell. It occurs naturally in a wide variety of plants, fruits, vegetables, and spices, and appears to be an important mediating and signalling chemical in plant-fungus and plant-insect interactions, such as the symbiosis between acacia ants and Acacias.
==Occurrence==
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