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CHEBI:17066 - (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:17066
ChEBI Name(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid
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ASCII Name(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid
DefinitionThe R-enantiomer of 3-hydroxybutyric acid. Involved in the synthesis and degradation of ketone bodies, it can be used as an energy source by the brain during hypoglycaemia, and for the synthesis of biodegradable plastics. It is a sex pheremone in the European spider Linyphia triangularis.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:322, CHEBI:18666
Last Modified8 March 2018
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FormulaC4H8O3
Net Charge0
Average Mass104.105
Monoisotopic Mass104.04734
SMILESC[C@@H](O)CC(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C4H8O3/c1-3(5)2-4(6)7/h3,5H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)/t3-/m1/s1
InChIKeyWHBMMWSBFZVSSR-GSVOUGTGSA-N

Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Annulohypoxylon truncatum (ncbitaxon:327061) - PubMed (14695807)
Linyphia triangularis (ncbitaxon:94031) - PubMed (17810206)
Roles Classification

ChEBI Ontology
IUPAC Name 
(3R)-3-hydroxybutanoic acid
Synonyms  Source
(R)-3-Hydroxybutanoic acidKEGG COMPOUND
(R)-3-Hydroxybutyric acidKEGG COMPOUND
(R)-(-)-β-hydroxybutyric acidChEBI
3-D-hydroxybutyric acidChEBI
D-3-hydroxybutyric acidChEBI
Manual XrefsDatabases
C01089KEGG COMPOUND
LMFA01050243LIPID MAPS
HMDB0000011HMDB
CPD-335MetaCyc
WO9312254Patent
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1720568Reaxys
CAS:625-72-9ChemIDplus
CAS:625-72-9KEGG COMPOUND
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