
creatinine
Creatinine is a lactam obtained by formal cyclocondensation of creatine. It is a metabolite of creatine. It has a role as a diagnostic agent and a human metabolite. It is a lactam and an imidazolidinone. It is functionally related to a creatine. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 2-amino-3-methyl-4H-imidazol-5-one
- Molecular formula
- C4H7N3O
- Molecular weight
- 113.12 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 113.058911855 Da
- XLogP3
- -1.8
- Topological polar surface area
- 58.7 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 1
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 1
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
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