N-hydroxysuccinimide

chemical compound

Class type of: heterocyclic compound Q408833

Facts

8 properties

Instance of: type of chemical entity
Subclass of: heterocyclic compound
Canonical SMILES: C1CC(=O)N(C1=O)O^[3]
Chemical formula: C₄H₅NO₃^[4]
Found in taxon: Escherichia coli^[9]
Has part(s): nitrogen, oxygen, carbon, hydrogen^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
Mass: +115.027^[10]
Melting point: +97.0^[11]

🏷️ Also known as

en N-hydroxysuccinimide en N -Hydroxysuccinimide，NHS cs N-Hydroxysukcinimid de NHS-Ester de N-Hydroxysuccinimid de HOSu de 1-Hydroxy-2,5-pyrrolidindion ja N-ヒドロキシこはく酸イミド ja N-ヒドロキシコハク酸イミド pt N-hidroxissuccinimida pt N-Hidroxisuccinimida ru N-гидроксисукцинимид zh N-羟基琥珀酰亚胺

🔖 Identifiers · 23

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CAS Registry Number: 6066-82-6
ChEMBL ID: CHEMBL403753
ChemSpider ID: 72416
CosIng number: 57401
DSSTOX compound identifier: DTXCID7042855
DSSTox substance ID: DTXSID7064102
EC number: 228-001-3
ECHA Substance Infocard ID: 100.025.456
Freebase ID: /m/02vnm_l
Human Metabolome Database ID: HMDB0255159
InChI: InChI=1S/C4H5NO3/c6-3-1-2-4(7)5(3)8/h8H,1-2H2

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InChIKey: NQTADLQHYWFPDB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
KNApSAcK ID: C00062410
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2778626587
NMRShiftDB structure ID: 20055181
NSC number: 74335
Nikkaji ID: J26.034G
PubChem CID: 80170
RxNorm CUI: 1368884
SureChEMBL ID: 785147, 1123
UNII: MJE3791M4T
UniChem compound ID: 317276

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Has part(s) 4

hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen

Found in taxon 1

Escherichia coli

Subclass of 1

heterocyclic compound

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Summary

N-hydroxysuccinimide is a type of chemical entity^[1]. N-hydroxysuccinimide is a type of heterocyclic compound^[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ N-hydroxysuccinimide — canonical SMILES (P233): C1CC(=O)N(C1=O)O. PubChem. Retrieved 2016-11-19. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ N-hydroxysuccinimide — chemical formula (P274): C₄H₅NO₃. PubChem. Retrieved 2016-11-19. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ N-hydroxysuccinimide — subclass of (P279): heterocyclic compound. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ N-hydroxysuccinimide — has part(s) (P527): nitrogen. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ N-hydroxysuccinimide — has part(s) (P527): oxygen. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ N-hydroxysuccinimide — has part(s) (P527): carbon. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ N-hydroxysuccinimide — has part(s) (P527): hydrogen. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ N-hydroxysuccinimide — found in taxon (P703): Escherichia coli. Identification and characterization of (1R,6R)-2-succinyl-6-hydroxy-2,4-cyclohexadiene-1-carboxylate synthase in the menaquinone biosynthesis of Escherichia coli. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ N-hydroxysuccinimide — mass (P2067): 115.027 dalton. PubChem. Retrieved 2016-10-14. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ N-hydroxysuccinimide — melting point (P2101): 97.0 °C. Jean-Claude Bradley Open Melting Point Dataset. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ N-hydroxysuccinimide is an instance of type of chemical entity (Q113145171) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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