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carboxylate anion

anion formed by deprotonation of the carboxy group in a carboxylic acid
Class type of: organic anion Q55525180

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
structural class of chemical entities
Subclass of
organic anion[3]
Part of
carboxylate salt, carboxylic acid binding, carboxylic acid biosynthetic process, carboxylic acid catabolic process, carboxylic acid transport, carboxylic acid metabolic process, nitrilase activity, acylphosphatase activity, aldehyde dehydrogenase (NAD+) activity, aldehyde oxidase activity, aminoacylase activity, cholinesterase activity, penicillin amidase activity, aspartoacylase activity, aldehyde dehydrogenase (NADP+) activity, N-acyl-D-amino-acid deacylase activity, N-acyl-D-glutamate deacylase activity, N-acyl-D-aspartate deacylase activity, 5'-acylphosphoadenosine hydrolase activity, acid-CoA ligase (GDP-forming) activity, aryl-acylamidase activity, butyrate-CoA ligase activity, glutathione thiolesterase activity, acyl-lysine deacylase activity, acyl-phosphate-hexose phosphotransferase activity, aldehyde dehydrogenase (quinone) activity, aldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase activity, carboxylic ester hydrolase activity, acylpyruvate hydrolase activity, aliphatic nitrilase activity[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
CXSMILES
[O-]C([*])=O |$;;R$|
Canonical SMILES
[O-]C([*])=O[2]
General formula
R–COO⁻
Has part(s)
carboxylate group
Said to be the same as
carboxylate group
🏷️ Also known as
en RCOO⁻ en carboxylate anion en carboxylate ion en carboxylic acid anion en carboxylate cs karboxylátový anion cs karboxylát de Carboxylatanion fr Ion carboxylate ja カルボン酸アニオン nl carboxylaatanion pl anion karboksylanowy pl jon karboksylanowy pl kaboksylan zh 羧酸根离子 zh 羧酸阴离子
🔖 Identifiers · 8
ChEBI ID
29067
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/carboxylate-ion
Freebase ID
/m/06lxbf
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
carboxilat
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0088582
KBpedia ID
CarboxylateAnion
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778074193
Topic's main category
Category:Carboxylate anions

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Summary

carboxylate anion is a structural class of chemical entities[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . ChEBI release 2021-07-01. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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