formaldehyde
CHEBI:16842
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SEEDED
An aldehyde resulting from the formal oxidation of methanol. — 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 | CH2O |
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| Charge | 0 |
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| Average mass | 30.026 Da |
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| Monoisotopic mass | 30.01056 Da |
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| Source | ChEBI |
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| InChIKey | WSFSSNUMVMOOMR-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
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SMILES
[H]C([H])=O
InChI
InChI=1S/CH2O/c1-2/h1H2
Also called
- FORMALDEHYDE (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- FORMALIN (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- Formaldehyd (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- Formaldehyde (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- Formalin (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- Methanal (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- Methylene oxide (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- Oxomethane (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- Oxomethylene (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:16842 |
formaldehyde |
antibioticmech:chebi-9a807a979b |
2026-08-30 |
Curation history
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SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES
2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (CHEBI)
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RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES
2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories
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RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES
2026-08-30 · 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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