CHEBI:60631 - (S)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:60631
ChEBI Name(S)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid
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ASCII Name(S)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid
DefinitionThe S-enantiomer of 2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid. It is used as a chiral building block for peptide synthesis.
Last Modified19 December 2019
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FormulaC5H10O3
Net Charge0
Average Mass118.132
Monoisotopic Mass118.06299
SMILESCC(C)[C@H](O)C(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C5H10O3/c1-3(2)4(6)5(7)8/h3-4,6H,1-2H3,(H,7,8)/t4-/m0/s1
InChIKeyNGEWQZIDQIYUNV-BYPYZUCNSA-N
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) - PubMed (18502700)
Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
Bronsted acid  A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Brønsted base).
Biological Role:
human metabolite  Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
Application:
chiral reagent  A chiral compound used to induce stereoselectivity into a reaction.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
(S)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid (CHEBI:60631) has role chiral reagent (CHEBI:60646)
(S)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid (CHEBI:60631) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
(S)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid (CHEBI:60631) is a (2S)-2-hydroxy monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:17375)
(S)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid (CHEBI:60631) is conjugate acid of (S)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyrate (CHEBI:744019)
(S)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid (CHEBI:60631) is enantiomer of (R)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid (CHEBI:46415)
Incoming Relation(s)
(S)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyrate (CHEBI:744019) is conjugate base of (S)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid (CHEBI:60631)
(R)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid (CHEBI:46415) is enantiomer of (S)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid (CHEBI:60631)
IUPAC Name 
(2S)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid
Synonyms  Source
2-hydroxy-3-methyl-(S)-(+)-butyric acidChEBI
2-HydroxyisovalerateSUBMITTER
2-OxyisovalerateSUBMITTER
A-hydroxyisovaleric acidSUBMITTER
(S)-(+)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acidChEBI
(S)-(+)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acidChEBI
Manual XrefsDatabases
HMDB0000407HMDB
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1721140Reaxys
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