2-hydroxypentanoic acid (CHEBI:60647)

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ChEBI Name	2-hydroxypentanoic acid

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:60647

Definition	A 2-hydroxy monocarboxylic acid that is valeric (pentanoic) acid substituted at the α-position by a hydroxy group.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

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Formula

C5H10O3

Net Charge

Average Mass

118.13110

Monoisotopic Mass

118.06299

InChI

InChI=1S/C5H10O3/c1-2-3-4(6)5(7)8/h4,6H,2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8)

InChIKey

JRHWHSJDIILJAT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

CCCC(O)C(O)=O

Metabolite of Species	Details
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (NCBI:txid3055)	See: PubMed

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	Bronsted acid A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base). (via oxoacid )

Biological Role(s):	algal metabolite Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in algae including unicellular organisms like chlorella and diatoms to multicellular organisms like giant kelps and brown algae.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	2-hydroxypentanoic acid (CHEBI:60647) has functional parent valeric acid (CHEBI:17418) 2-hydroxypentanoic acid (CHEBI:60647) has role algal metabolite (CHEBI:84735) 2-hydroxypentanoic acid (CHEBI:60647) is a 2-hydroxy monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:49302) 2-hydroxypentanoic acid (CHEBI:60647) is conjugate acid of 2-hydroxypentanoate (CHEBI:60630)

Incoming	2-hydroxypentanoyl-L-carnitine (CHEBI:85104) has functional parent 2-hydroxypentanoic acid (CHEBI:60647) 2-hydroxypentanoate (CHEBI:60630) is conjugate base of 2-hydroxypentanoic acid (CHEBI:60647)

IUPAC Name

2-hydroxypentanoic acid

Last Modified

23 October 2015