
Hypotaurine
Hypotaurine is an aminosulfinic acid comprising ethylamine having the sulfo group at the 2-position. It has a role as a metabolite, a mouse metabolite and a human metabolite. It is a conjugate acid of a hypotaurine(1-). It is a tautomer of a hypotaurine zwitterion. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 2-aminoethanesulfinic acid
- Molecular formula
- C2H7NO2S
- Molecular weight
- 109.15 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 109.01974964 Da
- XLogP3
- -1.5
- Topological polar surface area
- 82.5 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 2
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 4
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:16668
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1256480
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID60861856
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID8075380
- PubMed:23665415
- PubMed:22984571
- PubMed:22590687
- PubMed:22590579
- PubMed:22428004
- PubMed:22414809
- PubMed:22391325
- PubMed:22331997
- PubMed:22331189
- PubMed:22319547
- PubMed:22282765
- PubMed:22257742
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