CHEBI:24684 - hydroxybutyric acid

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ChEBI Name hydroxybutyric acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:24684
Definition Any compound comprising a butyric acid core carrying at least one hydroxy substituent.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Formula C4H8O3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 104.105
Monoisotopic Mass 104.04734
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 hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:24684) has functional parent butyric acid (CHEBI:30772)
hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:24684) is a hydroxy fatty acid (CHEBI:24654)
Incoming O-hydroxybutyryl-L-carnitine (CHEBI:85472) has functional parent hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:24684)
2,2,4-trihydroxybutanoic acid (CHEBI:73967) is a hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:24684)
2,3,4-trihydroxybutanoic acid (CHEBI:49060) is a hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:24684)
2,3-dihydroxybutanoic acid (CHEBI:86347) is a hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:24684)
2,4-dihydroxybutanoic acid (CHEBI:86348) is a hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:24684)
2-hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:1148) is a hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:24684)
3-hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:20067) is a hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:24684)
4-hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:30830) is a hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:24684)
IUPAC Name
hydroxybutanoic acid
Synonyms Sources
hydroxybutanoic acids ChEBI
hydroxybutyric acids ChEBI
Last Modified
09 July 2015