
4-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid
2-[4-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazin-1-yl]ethanesulfonic acid is a HEPES that is ethanesulfonic acid in which one of the methyl hydrogens is replaced by a 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazin-1-yl group. A Good's buffer substance, pKa = 7.55 at 20 C. It is an organosulfonic acid and a HEPES. It is a conjugate acid of a 2-[4-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazin-1-yl]ethanesulfonate. It is a tautomer of a 2-[4-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazin-4-ium-1-yl]ethanesulfonate. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 2-[4-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazin-1-yl]ethanesulfonic acid
- Molecular formula
- C8H18N2O4S
- Molecular weight
- 238.31 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 238.09872823 Da
- XLogP3
- -4.0
- Topological polar surface area
- 89.5 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 2
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 6
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:42334
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1232545
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID5040382
- PubMed:22976991
- PubMed:22941369
- PubMed:22897970
- PubMed:22866326
- PubMed:22847144
- PubMed:22822479
- PubMed:22785321
- PubMed:22783977
- PubMed:22751668
- PubMed:22737682
- PubMed:22734447
- PubMed:22728089
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