CHEBI:68567 - 2-methylglutaric acid

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ChEBI Name 2-methylglutaric acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:68567
Definition An α,ω-dicarboxylic acid that is glutaric acid substituted at position 2 by a methyl group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
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Formula C6H10O4
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 146.14120
Monoisotopic Mass 146.05791
InChI InChI=1S/C6H10O4/c1-4(6(9)10)2-3-5(7)8/h4H,2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)
InChIKey AQYCMVICBNBXNA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CC(CCC(O)=O)C(O)=O
Metabolite of Species Details
Sus scrofa domesticus (NCBI:txid9825) See: DOI
Sus scrofa domesticus (NCBI:txid9825) See: MetaboLights Study
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): mammalian metabolite
Any animal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in mammals.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing 2-methylglutaric acid (CHEBI:68567) has functional parent glutaric acid (CHEBI:17859)
2-methylglutaric acid (CHEBI:68567) has role mammalian metabolite (CHEBI:75768)
2-methylglutaric acid (CHEBI:68567) is a α,ω-dicarboxylic acid (CHEBI:28383)
2-methylglutaric acid (CHEBI:68567) is a dicarboxylic fatty acid (CHEBI:189840)
2-methylglutaric acid (CHEBI:68567) is conjugate acid of 2-methylglutarate(2−) (CHEBI:84980)
Incoming 2-methylglutarate(2−) (CHEBI:84980) is conjugate base of 2-methylglutaric acid (CHEBI:68567)
IUPAC Name
2-methylpentanedioic acid
Synonym Source
α-methylglutaric acid HMDB
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HMDB0000422 HMDB
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1723219 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
18069-17-5 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
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Last Modified
24 February 2022