methyl nonanoate
CHEBI:44499
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SEEDED
A fatty acid methyl ester obtained from the formal condensation of methanol and nonanoic acid; a colourless liquid with a fruity odour, used in perfumes and flavours, and for medical research. — ChEBI
Machine-generated and unreviewed. Identity, structure and
cross-references come straight from ChEBI's and CARD's own data; no curator has
signed off on this record yet.
Classification
Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.
Chemical structure
Computed structure properties
| Molecular formula | C10H20O2 |
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| Charge | 0 |
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| Average mass | 172.268 Da |
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| Monoisotopic mass | 172.14633 Da |
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| Source | ChEBI |
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| InChIKey | IJXHLVMUNBOGRR-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
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SMILES
CCCCCCCCC(=O)OC
InChI
InChI=1S/C10H20O2/c1-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10(11)12-2/h3-9H2,1-2H3
Also called
- Methyl ester nonanoic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- Methyl n-nonanoate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- Methyl nonylate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- Methyl pelargonate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- Pelargonic acid methyl ester (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Cross-references
Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.
Activity roles
Every antimicrobial role a source asserts for this compound — the
unreduced evidence behind its antimicrobial_class.
Source concepts
Every upstream concept that resolved to this record. The merge is
the product: this is what shows ChEBI and CARD are describing the same structure.
Upstream concepts merged into this record
| Source | Native ID | Label | Minted CURIE | Version |
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| CHEBI |
CHEBI:44499 |
methyl nonanoate |
antibioticmech:chebi-099cfe264a |
2026-08-30 |
Curation history
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SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES
2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
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2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
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RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES
2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
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RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES
2026-08-31 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories
Provenance
Seeded by scripts/seed_from_sources.py from the committed
inventories in data/raw/.
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