CHEBI:138668 - N,N-dimethyl-β-alanine

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ChEBI Name N,N-dimethyl-β-alanine
ChEBI ID CHEBI:138668
ChEBI ASCII Name N,N-dimethyl-beta-alanine
Definition A β-amino acid that is propionic acid in which one of the hydrogens at position 3 has been replaced by a dimethylamino group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
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Formula C5H11NO2
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 117.147
Monoisotopic Mass 117.07898
InChI InChI=1S/C5H11NO2/c1-6(2)4-3-5(7)8/h3-4H2,1-2H3,(H,7,8)
InChIKey JMOXSQYGVIXBBZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES C(CCN(C)C)(=O)O
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted base
A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Bronsted acid).
(via organic amino compound )
Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
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Outgoing N,N-dimethyl-β-alanine (CHEBI:138668) has functional parent N-methyl-β-alanine (CHEBI:138669)
N,N-dimethyl-β-alanine (CHEBI:138668) is a β-amino acid (CHEBI:33706)
N,N-dimethyl-β-alanine (CHEBI:138668) is a tertiary amino compound (CHEBI:50996)
IUPAC Name
N,N-dimethyl-β-alanine
Synonyms Sources
3-(dimethylamino)propanoic acid IUPAC
3-(dimethylamino)propionic acid IUPAC
3-(N,N-dimethylamino)propanoic acid ChEBI
3-(N,N-dimethylamino)propionic acid ChEBI
3-dimethylaminopropanoic acid ChEBI
3-dimethylaminopropionic acid ChEBI
Manual Xref Database
CPD-6142 MetaCyc
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1700763 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
6300-04-5 CAS Registry Number PubChem
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Last Modified
12 October 2017