CHEBI:138669 - N-methyl-β-alanine

Main ChEBI Ontology Automatic Xrefs Reactions Pathways Models
ChEBI Name N-methyl-β-alanine
ChEBI ID CHEBI:138669
ChEBI ASCII Name N-methyl-beta-alanine
Definition A β-amino acid that is propionic acid in which one of the hydrogens at position 3 has been replaced by a methylamino group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Supplier Information
Download Molfile XML SDF
Formula C4H9NO2
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 103.120
Monoisotopic Mass 103.06333
InChI InChI=1S/C4H9NO2/c1-5-3-2-4(6)7/h5H,2-3H2,1H3,(H,6,7)
InChIKey VDIPNVCWMXZNFY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES C(CCNC)(=O)O
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 )
View more via ChEBI Ontology
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing N-methyl-β-alanine (CHEBI:138669) has functional parent β-alanine (CHEBI:16958)
N-methyl-β-alanine (CHEBI:138669) is a β-amino acid (CHEBI:33706)
N-methyl-β-alanine (CHEBI:138669) is a secondary amino compound (CHEBI:50995)
Incoming N,N-dimethyl-β-alanine (CHEBI:138668) has functional parent N-methyl-β-alanine (CHEBI:138669)
IUPAC Name
N-methyl-β-alanine
Synonyms Sources
3-(methylamino)propanoic acid IUPAC
3-(methylamino)propionic acid IUPAC
3-methylaminopropanoic acid ChEBI
3-methylaminopropionic acid ChEBI
Manual Xref Database
CPD-6141 MetaCyc
View more database links
Registry Numbers Types Sources
2679-14-3 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
773862 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
Citation Waiting for Citations Type Source
16591973 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
12 October 2017