
N-Acetyl-D-Galactosamine
N-acetyl-D-galactosamine is the D-enantiomer of N-acetylgalactosamine. It has a role as a mouse metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite and a human metabolite. It is a N-acetyl-D-hexosamine and a N-acetylgalactosamine. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- N-[(3R,4R,5R,6R)-2,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]acetamide
- Molecular formula
- C8H15NO6
- Molecular weight
- 221.21 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 221.08993720 Da
- XLogP3
- -1.7
- Topological polar surface area
- 119.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 5
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 6
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 4
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:28037
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL469447
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID701364903
- PubMed:20004762
- PubMed:14701853
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