
6-Aminohexanoic Acid
6-aminohexanoic acid is an -amino acid comprising hexanoic acid carrying an amino substituent at position C-6. Used to control postoperative bleeding, and to treat overdose effects of the thrombolytic agents streptokinase and tissue plasminogen activator. It has a role as a metabolite, an antifibrinolytic drug and a hematologic agent. It is an epsilon-amino acid and an omega-amino fatty acid. It is functionally related to a hexanoic acid. It is a conjugate acid of a 6-aminohexanoate. It is a tautomer of a 6-aminohexanoic acid zwitterion. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 6-aminohexanoic acid
- Molecular formula
- C6H13NO2
- Molecular weight
- 131.17 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 131.094628657 Da
- XLogP3
- -3.0
- Topological polar surface area
- 63.3 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 2
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 3
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:16586
- ChEBI:CHEBI:79212
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1046
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID0020070
- PubMed:24900876
- PubMed:24508213
- PubMed:23118623
- PubMed:23101999
- PubMed:23052909
- PubMed:23010325
- PubMed:22968722
- PubMed:22957476
- PubMed:22940882
- PubMed:22909139
- PubMed:22872217
- PubMed:22867796
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