A dihydroxy monocarboxylic acid comprising valeric acid having two hydroxy groups at the 3- and 5-positions together with a methyl group at the 3-position.
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This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
3,5-dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid
(CHEBI:194519)
has functional parent
valeric acid
(CHEBI:17418)
3,5-dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid
(CHEBI:194519)
is a
dihydroxy monocarboxylic acid
(CHEBI:35972)
3,5-dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid
(CHEBI:194519)
is conjugate acid of
3,5-dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoate
(CHEBI:194520)
Incoming
(R)-mevalonic acid
(CHEBI:17710)
is a
3,5-dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid
(CHEBI:194519)
(S)-mevalonic acid
(CHEBI:28880)
is a
3,5-dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid
(CHEBI:194519)
3,5-dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoate
(CHEBI:194520)
is conjugate base of
3,5-dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid
(CHEBI:194519)
IUPAC Name
3,5-dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid
Synonyms
Sources
2,4-dideoxy-3-C-methylpentonic acid
ChEBI
3,5-dihydroxy-3-methylvaleric acid
ChEBI
β,δ-dihydroxy-β-methylvaleric acid
ChEBI
Citation
Type
Source
3540738
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
Last Modified
23 March 2023
General Comment
2023-03-23
This is the entry for material with unspecified stereochemistry. There are separate entries for the racemic mixture (mevalonic acid) and its individual enantiomers (R)- and (S)-mevalonic acid.