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CHEBI:38653 - methylbutyric acid
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ChEBI Name
methylbutyric acid
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:38653
Definition
A methyl-branched fatty acid comprising a butyric acid core carrying a single methyl substituent.
Stars
This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Formula
C5H10O2
Net Charge
0
Average Mass
102.132
Monoisotopic Mass
102.06808
Roles Classification
Chemical Role
(s):
Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Br
o
nsted base).
(via
oxoacid
)
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing
methylbutyric acid (
CHEBI:38653
)
has functional parent
butyric acid (
CHEBI:30772
)
methylbutyric acid (
CHEBI:38653
)
is a
branched-chain saturated fatty acid (
CHEBI:39417
)
methylbutyric acid (
CHEBI:38653
)
is a
methyl-branched fatty acid (
CHEBI:62499
)
methylbutyric acid (
CHEBI:38653
)
is a
short-chain fatty acid (
CHEBI:26666
)
Incoming
2-methylbutyric acid (
CHEBI:37070
)
is a
methylbutyric acid (
CHEBI:38653
)
isovaleric acid (
CHEBI:28484
)
is a
methylbutyric acid (
CHEBI:38653
)
IUPAC Name
methylbutanoic acid
Citation
Type
Source
13105653
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
Last Modified
05 July 2011