Gyrinal
Sign in to saveGyrinal is an organic chemical compound - an unsaturated ketoaldehyde - with the formula C14H18O3, obtained from the whirligig beetle (the water boatman, Gyrinus natator). It is a powerful antiseptic and fish and mammal toxin, and thus used as a defensive compound. Typically the beetles contain approx. 80 microgram of the compound. The LD50 of the compound is approx. 45 mg/kg in mice.
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- Subclass of
- fatty aldehyde
- Mass
- 234.125594
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- chemical formula
- C₁₄H₁₈O₃
- canonical SMILES
- CC(=CC=O)CCC=C(C)C(=O)C=CC(=O)C
- isomeric SMILES
- C/C(=C\C=O)/CC/C=C(\C)/C(=O)/C=C/C(=O)C
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Gyrinal is an organic chemical compound - an unsaturated ketoaldehyde - with the formula C14H18O3, obtained from the whirligig beetle (the water boatman, Gyrinus natator). It is a powerful antiseptic and fish and mammal toxin, and thus used as a defensive compound. Typically the beetles contain approx. 80 microgram of the compound. The LD50 of the compound is approx. 45 mg/kg in mice.
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