Ethyl benzoate
Ethyl benzoate is a benzoate ester obtained by condensation of benzoic acid and ethanol. It is a volatile oil component found in ripe kiwifruit, cranberry juice, and palm kernel oi…
Organic Compounds
Carbon-containing compounds found in nature and synthesized in labs
308 chemicals in this category
Ethyl formate
Ethyl formate is a formate ester resulting from the formal condensation of formic acid with ethanol. It has a role as a fumigant and a plant metabolite. It is an ethyl ester and a …
Ethylbenzene
Ethylbenzene can cause cancer according to The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
Ethylene
Ethene is a gas molecular entity and an alkene. It has a role as a plant hormone and a refrigerant.
Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol (ingested) can cause developmental toxicity according to The National Toxicology Program.
Ethylene oxide
Ethylene Oxide can cause cancer, developmental toxicity, female reproductive toxicity and male reproductive toxicity according to state or federal government labeling requirements.
Eugenol
Eugenol is a phenylpropanoid formally derived from guaiacol with an allyl chain substituted para to the hydroxy group. It is a major component of clove essential oil, and exhibits …
Farnesol
Farnesol is a farnesane sesquiterpenoid that is dodeca-2,6,10-triene substituted by methyl groups at positions 3, 7 and 11 and a hydroxy group at position 1. It has a role as an an…
Fluoranthene
Fluoranthene (C16H10) is an organic compound that appears as Fluoranthene appears as light yellow fine crystals. (NTP, 1992). It has a molecular weight of 202.25 g/mol. Boiling poi…
Fluorene
Fluorene is an ortho-fused tricyclic hydrocarbon that is a major component of fossil fuels and their derivatives. It is an ortho-fused polycyclic arene and an ortho-fused tricyclic…
Fluorobenzene
Monofluorobenzene is the simplest member of the class of monofluorobenzenes that is benzene carrying a single fluoro substituent.
Folic acid
Folic acid is an N-acyl-amino acid that is a form of the water-soluble vitamin B9. Its biologically active forms (tetrahydrofolate and others) are essential for nucleotide biosynth…
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde (gas) can cause cancer according to an independent committee of scientific and health experts.
Furan
Furan is a monocyclic heteroarene with a structure consisting of a 5-membered ring containing four carbons and one oxygen, with formula C4H4O. It is a toxic, flammable, low-boiling…
Furfural
Furfural is an aldehyde that is furan with the hydrogen at position 2 substituted by a formyl group. It has a role as a metabolite and a Maillard reaction product. It is an aldehyd…
Furfuryl alcohol
Furfuryl Alcohol can cause cancer according to The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Gamma-butyrolactone
Gamma-butyrolactone is a butan-4-olide that is tetrahydrofuran substituted by an oxo group at position 2. It has a role as a metabolite and a neurotoxin.
Geraniol
Geraniol is a monoterpenoid consisting of two prenyl units linked head-to-tail and functionalised with a hydroxy group at its tail end. It has a role as a volatile oil component, a…
Glucosamine
2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose is a D-glucosamine whose structure comprises D-glucopyranose having an amino substituent at position 2. It has a role as a geroprotector, a mouse me…
Glutaraldehyde
Glutaraldehyde is a dialdehyde comprised of pentane with aldehyde functions at C-1 and C-5. It has a role as a disinfectant, a cross-linking reagent and a fixative.