CHEBI:38653 - methylbutyric acid

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ChEBI Name methylbutyric acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:38653
Definition A methyl-branched fatty acid comprising a butyric acid core carrying a single methyl substituent.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Formula C5H10O2
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 102.132
Monoisotopic Mass 102.06808
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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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing methylbutyric acid (CHEBI:38653) has functional parent butyric acid (CHEBI:30772)
methylbutyric acid (CHEBI:38653) is a branched-chain saturated fatty acid (CHEBI:39417)
methylbutyric acid (CHEBI:38653) is a methyl-branched fatty acid (CHEBI:62499)
methylbutyric acid (CHEBI:38653) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
Incoming 2-methylbutyric acid (CHEBI:37070) is a methylbutyric acid (CHEBI:38653)
isovaleric acid (CHEBI:28484) is a methylbutyric acid (CHEBI:38653)
IUPAC Name
methylbutanoic acid
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Last Modified
05 July 2011