CHEBI:16513 - hydroxymalonic acid

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ChEBI Name hydroxymalonic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:16513
Definition A dicarboxylic acid that is malonic acid substituted by a hydroxy group at position 2.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:1163, CHEBI:26851, CHEBI:5808, CHEBI:19646
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Formula C3H4O5
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 120.06086
Monoisotopic Mass 120.00587
InChI InChI=1S/C3H4O5/c4-1(2(5)6)3(7)8/h1,4H,(H,5,6)(H,7,8)
InChIKey ROBFUDYVXSDBQM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES OC(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 )
Biological Role(s): plant metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
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Outgoing hydroxymalonic acid (CHEBI:16513) has functional parent malonic acid (CHEBI:30794)
hydroxymalonic acid (CHEBI:16513) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
hydroxymalonic acid (CHEBI:16513) is a 2-hydroxydicarboxylic acid (CHEBI:50263)
hydroxymalonic acid (CHEBI:16513) is a dicarboxylic fatty acid (CHEBI:189840)
hydroxymalonic acid (CHEBI:16513) is conjugate acid of hydroxymalonate(1−) (CHEBI:30844)
Incoming hydroxymalonate(1−) (CHEBI:30844) is conjugate base of hydroxymalonic acid (CHEBI:16513)
IUPAC Name
hydroxypropanedioic acid
Synonyms Sources
2-hydroxymalonic acid KEGG COMPOUND
2-hydroxypropanedioic acid NIST Chemistry WebBook
2-tartronic acid KEGG COMPOUND
α-hydroxymalonic acid ChEBI
hydroxymalonic acid KEGG COMPOUND
tartronic acid KEGG COMPOUND
Manual Xrefs Databases
C02287 KEGG COMPOUND
FDB013880 FooDB
HMDB0035227 HMDB
Tartronic_acid Wikipedia
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1209791 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
1209791 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
80-69-3 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
80-69-3 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
80-69-3 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
82430 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
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Last Modified
17 May 2024
General Comment
2014-02-06 It has been found in potatoes.