oct-1-en-3-ol

CHEBI:34118 ·resolve ·ANTIMICROBIAL_UNSPECIFIED ·EXACT SEEDED

An alkenyl alcohol with a structure based on a C8 unbranched chain with the hydroxy group at C-2 and unsaturation at C-1‒C-2. It is a major volatile compound present in many mushrooms and fungi. — 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.

CHEBI:197506 CHEBI:197506
CHEBI:50582 CHEBI:50582

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C8H16O
Charge	0
Average mass	128.215 Da
Monoisotopic mass	128.12012 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	VSMOENVRRABVKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C=CC(O)CCCCC

InChI

InChI=1S/C8H16O/c1-3-5-6-7-8(9)4-2/h4,8-9H,2-3,5-7H2,1H3

Also called

1-octen-3-ol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
1-vinylhexanol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3-hydroxy-1-octene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3-octenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
amylvinylcarbinol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
matsutake alcohol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
mushroom alcohol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
octene-1-ol-3 (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
vinyl amyl carbinol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
vinyl hexanol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

bpdb:2063
cas:3391-86-4
gmelin:648361
kegg.compound:C14272
knapsack:C00029423
lipidmaps:LMFA05000090
reaxys:1720733
wikipedia.en:1-Octen-3-ol

Activity roles

Every antimicrobial role a source asserts for this compound — the unreduced evidence behind its antimicrobial_class.

CHEBI:33281 CHEBI:33281

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
CHEBI	`CHEBI:34118`	oct-1-en-3-ol	`antibioticmech:chebi-ff640569c2`	2026-08-30

Curation history

SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (CHEBI)
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories
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/. View the record.