CHEBI:167881 - 2,2-dihydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid

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ChEBI Name 2,2-dihydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:167881
Definition A 2-hydroxy fatty acid that is isovaleric acid bearing two hydroxy substituents at position 2.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Submitter Mark Williams
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Formula C5H10O4
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 134.131
Monoisotopic Mass 134.05791
InChI InChI=1S/C5H10O4/c1-3(2)5(8,9)4(6)7/h3,8-9H,1-2H3,(H,6,7)
InChIKey CTMXBOCTJPQVDZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CC(C)C(O)(O)C(O)=O
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
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Outgoing 2,2-dihydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid (CHEBI:167881) has functional parent isovaleric acid (CHEBI:28484)
2,2-dihydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid (CHEBI:167881) is a 2-hydroxy fatty acid (CHEBI:10283)
2,2-dihydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid (CHEBI:167881) is conjugate acid of 2,2-dihydroxy-3-methylbutanoate (CHEBI:167872)
Incoming 2,2-dihydroxy-3-methylbutanoate (CHEBI:167872) is conjugate base of 2,2-dihydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid (CHEBI:167881)
IUPAC Name
2,2-dihydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid
Synonyms Sources
2,2-bis(hydroxy)isovaleric acid ChEBI
2.2-dihydroxyisovaleric acid ChEBI
dihydroxyisovaleric acid
Note: (2021-04-08) ambiguous synonym provided by submitter
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14794392 ChemSpider
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Last Modified
08 April 2021