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CHEBI:74324 - L-glyceric acid

Default Structure
ChEBI IDCHEBI:74324
ChEBI NameL-glyceric acid
Stars
ASCII NameL-glyceric acid
DefinitionAn optically active form of glyceric acid having L-configuration.
Last Modified4 May 2018
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DownloadsMolfile
FormulaC3H6O4
Net Charge0
Average Mass106.077
Monoisotopic Mass106.02661
SMILESO=C(O)[C@@H](O)CO
InChIInChI=1S/C3H6O4/c4-1-2(5)3(6)7/h2,4-5H,1H2,(H,6,7)/t2-/m0/s1
InChIKeyRBNPOMFGQQGHHO-REOHCLBHSA-N
Roles Classification
Chemical Roles:
Bronsted acid  A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Brønsted base).
Bronsted acid  A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Brønsted base).
Biological Role:
fundamental metabolite  Any metabolite produced by all living cells.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
L-glyceric acid (CHEBI:74324) is a (2S)-2-hydroxy monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:17375)
L-glyceric acid (CHEBI:74324) is a glyceric acid (CHEBI:33508)
L-glyceric acid (CHEBI:74324) is enantiomer of D-glyceric acid (CHEBI:32398)
Incoming Relation(s)
D-glyceric acid (CHEBI:32398) is enantiomer of L-glyceric acid (CHEBI:74324)
IUPAC Name 
(2S)-2,3-dihydroxypropanoic acid
Synonym  Source
(S)-Glyceric acidHMDB
Manual XrefsDatabases
HMDB0006372HMDB
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1721419Reaxys
CAS:28305-26-2ChemIDplus