CHEBI:138888 - (R)-3-hydroxy-4-oxobutanoic acid

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ChEBI Name (R)-3-hydroxy-4-oxobutanoic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:138888
ChEBI ASCII Name (R)-3-hydroxy-4-oxobutanoic acid
Definition A 4-oxo monocarboxylic acid that is 4-oxobutanoic acid in which the pro-R hydrogen at position 3 has been replaced by a hydroxy group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
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Formula C4H6O4
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 118.088
Monoisotopic Mass 118.02661
InChI InChI=1S/C4H6O4/c5-2-3(6)1-4(7)8/h2-3,6H,1H2,(H,7,8)/t3-/m1/s1
InChIKey QWHDXIUUXWGQME-GSVOUGTGSA-N
SMILES OC(C[C@H](C([H])=O)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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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing (R)-3-hydroxy-4-oxobutanoic acid (CHEBI:138888) is a 4-oxo monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:35950)
(R)-3-hydroxy-4-oxobutanoic acid (CHEBI:138888) is a aldehydic acid (CHEBI:26643)
(R)-3-hydroxy-4-oxobutanoic acid (CHEBI:138888) is a hydroxyaldehyde (CHEBI:50413)
(R)-3-hydroxy-4-oxobutanoic acid (CHEBI:138888) is a secondary alcohol (CHEBI:35681)
(R)-3-hydroxy-4-oxobutanoic acid (CHEBI:138888) is conjugate acid of (3R)-3-hydroxy-4-oxobutanoate (CHEBI:138809)
Incoming (3R)-3-hydroxy-4-oxobutanoate (CHEBI:138809) is conjugate base of (R)-3-hydroxy-4-oxobutanoic acid (CHEBI:138888)
Synonyms Sources
(3R)-3-hydroxy-4-oxobutyric acid ChEBI
L-malic semialdehyde ChEBI
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CPD-16618 MetaCyc
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Last Modified
27 October 2017