alpha-phenylglycine (CHEBI:55484)

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ChEBI Name	α-phenylglycine

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:55484

ChEBI ASCII Name	alpha-phenylglycine

Definition	An amino acid with a structure in which a phenyl ring is bonded to the α-carbon of glycine.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:316276

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Formula

C8H9NO2

Net Charge

Average Mass

151.16260

Monoisotopic Mass

151.06333

InChI

InChI=1S/C8H9NO2/c9-7(8(10)11)6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5,7H,9H2,(H,10,11)

InChIKey

ZGUNAGUHMKGQNY-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

NC(C(O)=O)c1ccccc1

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	Bronsted base A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Bronsted acid). (via organic amino compound ) 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).

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	α-phenylglycine (CHEBI:55484) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746) α-phenylglycine (CHEBI:55484) is a non-proteinogenic α-amino acid (CHEBI:83925)

Incoming	D-α-phenylglycine (CHEBI:44962) is a α-phenylglycine (CHEBI:55484) L-α-phenylglycine (CHEBI:439819) is a α-phenylglycine (CHEBI:55484)

IUPAC Name

amino(phenyl)acetic acid

Synonyms	Sources
2-Amino-2-phenylacetic acid	ChemIDplus
2-Phenylglycine	ChemIDplus
alpha-amino-alpha-Toluic acid	ChemIDplus
alpha-Aminobenzeneacetic acid	ChemIDplus
alpha-Aminophenylacetic acid	ChemIDplus
Amino(phenyl)acetic acid	NIST Chemistry WebBook
Amino-phenyl-acetic acid	ChEMBL
DL-2-phenylglycine	NIST Chemistry WebBook
DL-α-phenylglycine	NIST Chemistry WebBook
DL-phenylglycine	NIST Chemistry WebBook

Last Modified

23 October 2015