
2-Oxoglutaric Acid
2-oxoglutaric acid is an oxo dicarboxylic acid that consists of glutaric acid bearing an oxo substituent at position 2. It is an intermediate metabolite in Krebs cycle. It has a role as a fundamental metabolite. It is functionally related to a glutaric acid. It is a conjugate acid of a 2-oxoglutarate(1-). — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 2-oxopentanedioic acid
- Molecular formula
- C5H6O5
- Molecular weight
- 146.10 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 146.02152329 Da
- XLogP3
- -0.9
- Topological polar surface area
- 91.7 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 2
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 5
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:30915
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1686
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID5033179
- PubMed:29968805
- PubMed:23396314
- PubMed:23105378
- PubMed:23080261
- PubMed:23077570
- PubMed:23075793
- PubMed:23071358
- PubMed:23062201
- PubMed:23045983
- PubMed:23034232
- PubMed:23000002
- PubMed:22999741
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