PubChem CID · CC0
(2E)-hexenal
Odor — measured
Measured odor descriptors · sourced from olfactory literature
Receptor binding
Measured in literature · peer-reviewed · how this compound interacts with biological receptors
Biochemical reactions
Metabolic reactions from RHEA (EMBL-EBI/SIB) · peer-reviewed
hexanal + NADP(+) = (E)-hex-2-enal + NADPH + H(+)
(E)-hex-2-en-1-ol + NADP(+) = (E)-hex-2-enal + NADPH + H(+)
(E)-hex-2-en-1-ol + NAD(+) = (E)-hex-2-enal + NADH + H(+)
(E)-hex-2-enal + hydrogen cyanide = (2S,3E)-2-hydroxyhept-3-enenitrile
Research associations
Literature-derived · peer-reviewed sources only · not medical advice
Foods containing this compound
Source
Compound data linked to PubChem CID 5281168, public domain via NCBI. Culinary context + ingredient mappings are maintained by Foodgeist's enrichment fleet and continuously re-matched by the pairings engine. PubChem CID 5281168
The Geist can be wrong. Some flavor, taste, and pairing values are model-predicted, not lab-measured.
