CHEBI:36532 - 2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylpropanoic acid

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ChEBI Name 2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylpropanoic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:36532
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
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Formula C4H8O4
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 120.10392
Monoisotopic Mass 120.04226
InChI InChI=1S/C4H8O4/c1-4(8,2-5)3(6)7/h5,8H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)
InChIKey DGADNPLBVRLJGD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CC(O)(CO)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 2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylpropanoic acid (CHEBI:36532) has functional parent propionic acid (CHEBI:30768)
2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylpropanoic acid (CHEBI:36532) is a dihydroxy monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:35972)
2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylpropanoic acid (CHEBI:36532) is conjugate acid of 2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylpropanoate (CHEBI:19315)
Incoming 2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylpropanoate (CHEBI:19315) is conjugate base of 2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylpropanoic acid (CHEBI:36532)
IUPAC Name
2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylpropanoic acid
Synonyms Sources
2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylpropionic acid ChEBI
α,β-dihydroxyisobutyric acid ChEBI
Propanoic acid, 2,3-dihydroxy-2-methyl- ChemIDplus
Registry Numbers Types Sources
1702552 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
21620-60-0 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Last Modified
23 October 2015