Caproic acid

CHEBI:30776 chemically defined MAPPED CHEBI SYNONYM_MATCH

Ontology mapping

Primary identifier
CHEBI:30776
Ontology label
hexanoic acid
kg-microbe node
CHEBI:30776

Nutritional roles

Synonyms (17)

SynonymTypeSourceOccurrences
Role: Growth factor; Properties: Organic compound, Defined component, Simple component RAW_TEXT CultureMech
1-hexanoic acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
1-pentanecarboxylic acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
6:0 EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
CH3-[CH2]4-COOH EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
Capronic acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
HEXANOIC ACID EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
Hexylic acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
Pentanecarboxylic acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
butylacetic acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
hexoic acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
n-Caproic acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
n-hexanoic acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
n-hexoic acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
n-hexylic acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
pentiformic acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
pentylformic acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe

Chemical properties

Cas rn
142-62-1
Data source
PubChem API
Retrieval date
2026-04-05T19:51:20.003310+00:00
Molecular formula
C6H12O2
Inchi
InChI=1S/C6H12O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6(7)8/h2-5H2,1H3,(H,7,8)
Smiles
CCCCCC(=O)O

Evidence (2)

DATABASE_MATCH via CultureMech

Imported from CultureMech pipeline, quality=DIRECT_MATCH

MANUAL_CURATION via MIM curation (#312); chebi.db

mapping_quality EXACT_MATCH -> SYNONYM_MATCH. The label 'Caproic acid' is a ChEBI related synonym of CHEBI:30776, whose primary label is 'hexanoic acid'. Section 0: synonym resolution is SYNONYM_MATCH. The CAS 142-62-1 on the record is ChEBI's own xref for the term. Identifier unchanged.

Occurrence statistics

Total occurrences
16
Distinct media
16

Curation history

TimestampCuratorActionNew statusChanges
2026-03-09T06:54:18.022301+00:00 import_from_culturemech IMPORTED MAPPED Initial import from CultureMech pipeline
2026-04-05T19:51:20.003362+00:00 fetch_cas_rn_from_pubchem ADDED_CAS_RN MAPPED Added CAS-RN:142-62-1 from PubChem API via name lookup (Caproic acid)
2026-04-05T21:48:44.817030+00:00 fetch_cas_rn_from_culturebot_csv ADDED_CAS_RN MAPPED Added CAS-RN:142-62-1 from CultureBotHT compounds_to_cas.csv (matched: Capronic acid)
2026-04-18T00:00:00+00:00 cbclaw_kg_microbe_sweep LLM ADDED_SYNONYMS MAPPED Added 16 synonyms from kg-microbe P4.4 enrichment: 1-hexanoic acid, 1-pentanecarboxylic acid, 6:0, CH3-[CH2]4-COOH, Capronic acid, ... (11 more)
2026-04-18T00:00:00+00:00 cbclaw_kg_microbe_sweep LLM ADDED_SYNONYMS MAPPED Added 15 synonyms from kg-microbe P4.4 enrichment: 1-hexanoic acid, 1-pentanecarboxylic acid, 6:0, CH3-[CH2]4-COOH, Caproic acid, ... (10 more)
2026-04-19T07:39:23.955331+00:00 audit_mim_merge MERGED_FROM_DUPLICATES MAPPED Absorbed 1 duplicate MIM record(s) into this one: Capronic_Acid.yaml. Synonyms, curation_history, and occurrence counts were unioned/summed; winner selected by highest occurrence count with preferred_term readability tie-break.
2026-05-01T07:35:32.585928+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_CLASSIFY_INGREDIENT_TYPE set ingredient_type=SINGLE_INGREDIENT (CHEBI primary)
2026-05-01T08:08:28.407896+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_BACKFILL_CHEBI_CHEMISTRY molecular_formula=C6H12O2; inchi=InChI=1S/C6H12O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6(7)8/h2-5H2,1H3,(H,7,; smiles=CCCCCC(=O)O
2026-05-02T03:12:13.073429+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_CLASSIFY_INGREDIENT_TYPE set ingredient_type=SINGLE_INGREDIENT (chemical structure populated (molecular_formula))
2026-06-03T03:22:14.583304+00:00 infer_roles_from_name_lists ANNOTATED Added media role: CARBON_SOURCE (confidence: 0.80)
2026-06-09T05:23:46.734799+00:00 correct_stale_ontology_labels.py CORRECTED ontology_label 'Caproic acid' -> 'hexanoic acid': synced to canonical CHEBI label (preferred_term 'Caproic acid' unchanged).
2026-07-20T00:00:00+00:00 migrate_media_roles_to_facets ANNOTATED Migrated legacy media_roles to role facets (#128): CARBON_SOURCE -> nutritional_roles.CARBON_SOURCE
2026-08-27T03:16:39.518495+00:00 refresh_occurrence_statistics CORRECTED occurrence_statistics 13/13 -> 16/16 (media_count/total_occurrences), derived from distinct CultureMech recipe ids in the #337 occurrence table. The prior values came from the importer retired in #453, whose media_count counted a list truncated to 50 examples (#449). [source=ingredient_occurrences.tsv culturemech_rev=15a4da5c08 rows=194137 distinct_recipes=15257]
2026-09-22T23:25:50.982109+00:00 claude LLM REGRADED_MAPPING_QUALITY MAPPED mapping_quality EXACT_MATCH -> SYNONYM_MATCH (#312). The label 'Caproic acid' is a ChEBI related synonym of CHEBI:30776, whose primary label is 'hexanoic acid'. Section 0: synonym resolution is SYNONYM_MATCH. The CAS 142-62-1 on the record is ChEBI's own xref for the term. Identifier unchanged.