CHEBI:50613 - (S)-2-hydroxybutyric acid

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ChEBI Name (S)-2-hydroxybutyric acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:50613
ChEBI ASCII Name (S)-2-hydroxybutyric acid
Definition An optically active form of 2-hydroxybutyric acid having (S)-configuration.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
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Formula C4H8O3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 104.10452
Monoisotopic Mass 104.04734
InChI InChI=1S/C4H8O3/c1-2-3(5)4(6)7/h3,5H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)/t3-/m0/s1
InChIKey AFENDNXGAFYKQO-VKHMYHEASA-N
SMILES CC[C@H](O)C(O)=O
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Biological Role(s): human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
(via 2-hydroxybutyric acid )
algal metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in algae including unicellular organisms like chlorella and diatoms to multicellular organisms like giant kelps and brown algae.
(via 2-hydroxybutyric acid )
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing (S)-2-hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:50613) is a (2S)-2-hydroxy monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:17375)
(S)-2-hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:50613) is a 2-hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:1148)
(S)-2-hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:50613) is conjugate acid of (S)-2-hydroxybutyrate (CHEBI:73709)
(S)-2-hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:50613) is enantiomer of (R)-2-hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:50612)
Incoming (S)-2-hydroxybutyrate (CHEBI:73709) is conjugate base of (S)-2-hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:50613)
(R)-2-hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:50612) is enantiomer of (S)-2-hydroxybutyric acid (CHEBI:50613)
IUPAC Name
(2S)-2-hydroxybutanoic acid
Synonyms Sources
(S)-2-hydroxybutanoic acid ChEBI
2-Hydroxybutyrate KEGG COMPOUND
2-Hydroxybutyric acid KEGG COMPOUND
L-2-hydroxybutanoic acid ChEBI
L-2-hydroxybutyric acid MetaCyc
L-α-hydroxybutanoic acid ChEBI
L-α-hydroxybutyric acid ChEBI
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C05984 KEGG COMPOUND
CPD-3564 MetaCyc
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1720940 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
1720940 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
Last Modified
04 May 2018