3-hydroxybutyrate

anion

Class type of: carboxylate anion, monoanion Q27117026

Facts

6 properties

Instance of: group of stereoisomers
Subclass of: carboxylate anion, monoanion^[4]^[5]
Canonical SMILES: CC(CC(=O)[O-])O^[2]
Chemical formula: C₄H₇O₃⁻^[3]
Conjugate acid: 3-hydroxybutyric acid^[7]
Mass: 103.039519 dalton^[6]

🏷️ Also known as

en 3-hydroxybutyrate en 3-OH butyrate en 3-OH-butyrate en beta-hydroxybutanoate en beta-hydroxy-n-butyrate en DL-3-hydroxybutyrate en β-hydroxybutyrate pl 3-hydroksymaślan pl anion 3-hydroksymasłowy

🔖 Identifiers · 11

ChEBI ID: 37054
ChemSpider ID: 2779512
DSSTOX compound identifier: DTXCID7020976
DSSTox substance ID: DTXSID9040976
InChI: InChI=1S/C4H8O3/c1-3(5)2-4(6)7/h3,5H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)/p-1
InChIKey: WHBMMWSBFZVSSR-UHFFFAOYSA-M
Probes And Drugs ID: PD160492
PubChem CID: 3541112
Reaxys registry number: 4127635
UNII: FG2UN5EP9V
UniChem compound ID: 1104955

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Summary

3-hydroxybutyrate is a group of stereoisomers^[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ 3-hydroxybutyrate — canonical SMILES (P233): CC(CC(=O)[O-])O. PubChem. Retrieved 2016-10-06. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ 3-hydroxybutyrate — chemical formula (P274): C₄H₇O₃⁻. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ 3-hydroxybutyrate — subclass of (P279): carboxylate anion. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ 3-hydroxybutyrate — subclass of (P279): monoanion. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ 3-hydroxybutyrate — mass (P2067): 103.039519 dalton. PubChem. Retrieved 2016-10-06. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ 3-hydroxybutyrate — conjugate acid (P4147): 3-hydroxybutyric acid. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ 3-hydroxybutyrate is an instance of group of stereoisomers (Q59199015) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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