CHEBI:75145 - 2-aminooctanoic acid

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ChEBI Name 2-aminooctanoic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:75145
Definition An α-amino fatty acid that is caprylic acid which is substituted at position 2 by an amino group.
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Formula C8H17NO2
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 159.22610
Monoisotopic Mass 159.12593
InChI InChI=1S/C8H17NO2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7(9)8(10)11/h7H,2-6,9H2,1H3,(H,10,11)
InChIKey AKVBCGQVQXPRLD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CCCCCCC(N)C(O)=O
Metabolite of Species Details
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) Found in human blood serum. See: MetaboLights Study
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted base
A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Bronsted acid).
(via organic amino compound )
Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Biological Role(s): human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
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Outgoing 2-aminooctanoic acid (CHEBI:75145) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
2-aminooctanoic acid (CHEBI:75145) is a α-amino fatty acid (CHEBI:59755)
2-aminooctanoic acid (CHEBI:75145) is conjugate acid of 2-aminooctanoate (CHEBI:142420)
2-aminooctanoic acid (CHEBI:75145) is conjugate base of 1-carboxyheptan-1-aminium (CHEBI:142421)
2-aminooctanoic acid (CHEBI:75145) is tautomer of 2-aminooctanoic acid zwitterion (CHEBI:133660)
Incoming 1-carboxyheptan-1-aminium (CHEBI:142421) is conjugate acid of 2-aminooctanoic acid (CHEBI:75145)
2-aminooctanoate (CHEBI:142420) is conjugate base of 2-aminooctanoic acid (CHEBI:75145)
2-aminooctanoic acid zwitterion (CHEBI:133660) is tautomer of 2-aminooctanoic acid (CHEBI:75145)
Synonyms Sources
(±)-2-aminooctanoic acid ChemIDplus
(+/-)-2-aminooctanoic acid ChemIDplus
2-amino-DL-caprylic acid ChemIDplus
2-aminocaprylic acid ChEBI
α-aminocaprylic acid ChEBI
α-aminooctanoic acid ChEBI
D,L-2-aminooctanoic acid ChEBI
dl-2-aminocaprylic acid NIST Chemistry WebBook
DL-2-aminooctanoic acid ChEBI
dl-α-amino-n-caprylic acid NIST Chemistry WebBook
DL-α-aminocaprylic acid ChemIDplus
NSC 20147 NIST Chemistry WebBook
Manual Xrefs Databases
CPD-3687 MetaCyc
HMDB0000991 HMDB
LMFA01100056 LIPID MAPS
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1722614 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
644-90-6 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
644-90-6 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
14030438 PubMed citation Europe PMC
965460 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
16 October 2018