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CHEBI:42955 - methyl 4-aminobutanoate

ChEBI IDCHEBI:42955
ChEBI Namemethyl 4-aminobutanoate
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DefinitionA methyl ester resulting from the formal condensation of γ-aminobutyric acid with methanol.
Last Modified16 July 2015
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FormulaC5H11NO2
Net Charge0
Average Mass117.148
Monoisotopic Mass117.07898
SMILESCOC(=O)CCCN
InChIInChI=1S/C5H11NO2/c1-8-5(7)3-2-4-6/h2-4,6H2,1H3
InChIKeyKVQGGLZHHFGHPU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
Bronsted base  A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Brønsted acid).
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
methyl 4-aminobutanoate (CHEBI:42955) has functional parent γ-aminobutyric acid (CHEBI:16865)
methyl 4-aminobutanoate (CHEBI:42955) is a amino-acid ester (CHEBI:46668)
methyl 4-aminobutanoate (CHEBI:42955) is a methyl ester (CHEBI:25248)
methyl 4-aminobutanoate (CHEBI:42955) is a primary amino compound (CHEBI:50994)
IUPAC Name 
methyl 4-aminobutanoate
Synonyms  Source
methyl 4-aminobutyrateChEBI
Methyl gamma-aminobutyrateChemIDplus
4-Aminobutyric acid methyl esterChemIDplus
Manual XrefsDatabases
GVEPDBeChem
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:635882Reaxys
CAS:3251-07-8ChemIDplus
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