CHEBI:55434 - (2S,3R)-3-hydroxy-2-methylpentanoic acid

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ChEBI Name (2S,3R)-3-hydroxy-2-methylpentanoic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:55434
ChEBI ASCII Name (2S,3R)-3-hydroxy-2-methylpentanoic acid
Definition A diketide with a pentanoic acid structure substituted at the α and β positions by methyl and hydroxy groups respectively.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Submitter Hilary Burch
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Formula C6H12O3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 132.15770
Monoisotopic Mass 132.07864
InChI InChI=1S/C6H12O3/c1-3-5(7)4(2)6(8)9/h4-5,7H,3H2,1-2H3,(H,8,9)/t4-,5+/m0/s1
InChIKey NVIHALDXJWGLFD-CRCLSJGQSA-N
SMILES CC[C@@H](O)[C@H](C)C(O)=O
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
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Outgoing (2S,3R)-3-hydroxy-2-methylpentanoic acid (CHEBI:55434) is a 3-hydroxy monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:35969)
(2S,3R)-3-hydroxy-2-methylpentanoic acid (CHEBI:55434) is a diketide (CHEBI:55385)
(2S,3R)-3-hydroxy-2-methylpentanoic acid (CHEBI:55434) is a hydroxy fatty acid (CHEBI:24654)
IUPAC Name
(2S,3R)-3-hydroxy-2-methylpentanoic acid
Synonyms Sources
(2S,3R)-2-methyl-3-hydroxypentanoic acid ChEBI
(2S,3R)-3-hydroxy-2-methylvaleric acid ChEBI
Registry Number Type Source
5241195 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
Last Modified
19 July 2010