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3-hydroxybutyric acid

pair of enantiomers
Class type of: hydroxybutyric acid, fatty alcohol Q223092

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
group of stereoisomers
Subclass of
hydroxybutyric acid, fatty alcohol[4][5]
Canonical SMILES
CC(CC(=O)O)O[2]
Chemical formula
C₄H₈O₃[3]
Conjugate base
3-hydroxybutyrate
Found in taxon
Solanum betaceum, Hydroclathrus clathratus, Secale cereale, Spondias mombin, Vitis rotundifolia, Vitis vinifera, Homo sapiens, Aloe africana, Elymus repens, Phaseolus vulgaris, Cupriavidus necator
Has part(s)
oxygen, carbon[6][7]
Has parts
oxygen, carbon
Mass
104.047
Monomer of
poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate), polyhydroxybutyrate, poly(hydroxybutyrate-hydroxyhexanoate)
🏷️ Also known as
en β-hydroxybutanoic acid en β-hydroxy-n-butyric acid en β-hydroxybutyric acid en 3 HBA en 3-hydroxy-butanoic acid en 3-hydroxybutanoic acid en (+/-)-3-hydroxybutyric acid en (±)-3-hydroxybutyric acid en 3-hydroxy-butyric acid en 3-hydroxybutyric acid en 3-OH-butyric acid en beta-hydroxybutanoic acid en beta-hydroxybutyric acid en beta-hydroxy-n-butyric acid en BHBA en DL-beta-hydroxybutyric acid en DL-β-hydroxybutyric acid en (RS)-3-hydroxybutyric acid ar بيتا هيدروكسي حامض البيوتيريك cs Kyselina beta-hydroxymáselná
🔖 Identifiers · 32
CAB ID
239
CAS Registry Number
300-85-6
Cannabis Database ID
006332
ChEBI ID
20067
ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL1162496
ChemSpider ID
428
DSSTOX compound identifier
DTXCID00209697
DSSTox substance ID
DTXSID60859511
DrugBank ID
DB16506
EC number
206-099-9, 210-908-0
ECHA Substance Infocard ID
100.005.546, 100.009.917
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/Biopol
Show all 32 identifiers +20
Freebase ID
/m/0f250z
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H8O3/c1-3(5)2-4(6)7/h3,5H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)
InChIKey
WHBMMWSBFZVSSR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
KNApSAcK ID
C00052142
LIPID MAPS ID
LMFA01050005
MassBank accession ID
MSBNK-Metabolon-MT000033, MSBNK-Osaka_Univ-OUF00051, MSBNK-Osaka_Univ-OUF00054, MSBNK-RIKEN-PR010153, MSBNK-RIKEN-PR100550
MeSH descriptor ID
D020155
MeSH tree code
D02.241.081.114.937.349, D02.241.511.429.349, D02.522.585.087, D10.251.400.143.781.500
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2780619205, 2910492253
NSC number
3806
Nikkaji ID
J4.451B
Probes And Drugs ID
PD057066
PubChem CID
441
Reaxys registry number
773861
SPLASH
splash10-0002-0900000000-92be5c49a099fe1d9865, splash10-01ot-1920000000-c93138bf9d35643fef30, splash10-00dj-8900000000-e632e14fb4be28bdb786, splash10-0zfr-4900000000-537084557f5986f16b31, splash10-03di-9000000000-4bf4d516874bbd65ab22, splash10-0002-0900000000-d06c5ac1a3733a38ea05, splash10-0007-9000000000-7fc414806153ebd8822c, splash10-0a4i-9200000000-4156904e7472b5e97249, splash10-0a4i-9300000000-505ae46abb0c49c78b1e, splash10-0zfr-9600000000-dfed69c37c1a4d794440, splash10-014l-1900000000-e192caba63f034040624
ScienceDirect topic ID
agricultural-and-biological-sciences/3-hydroxybutyric-acid, medicine-and-dentistry/3-hydroxybutyric-acid
SureChEMBL ID
2731
UNII
TZP1275679
UniChem compound ID
411694
ZVG number
492993

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🔗 Connections
Found in taxon 10
Secale cereale, Phaseolus vulgaris, Vitis vinifera, Homo sapiens, Elymus repens, Solanum betaceum, Spondias mombin, Aloe africana +2 more
Has part(s) 2
oxygen, carbon
Monomer of 1
polyhydroxybutyrate
Subclass of 1
fatty alcohol
← Different from 1
beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyric acid
← FactGrid item ID 1
Rakel Seweriin
← Polymer of 1
polyhydroxybutyrate
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Summary

3-hydroxybutyric acid is a group of stereoisomers[1].

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