
4-Amino-3-hydroxybutanoic acid
Gamma-amino-beta-hydroxybutyric acid is a gamma-amino acid comprising 4-aminobutyric acid having a 2-hydroxy substituent. It is a gamma-amino acid and a 3-hydroxy monocarboxylic acid. It is functionally related to a butyric acid. It is a conjugate acid of a 4-amino-3-hydroxybutanoate. It is a tautomer of a gamma-amino-beta-hydroxybutyric acid zwitterion. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 4-amino-3-hydroxybutanoic acid
- Molecular formula
- C4H9NO3
- Molecular weight
- 119.12 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 119.058243149 Da
- XLogP3
- -4.1
- Topological polar surface area
- 83.6 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 3
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 4
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:16080
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL93515
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID1045877
- PubMed:23019493
- PubMed:22363244
- PubMed:17981464
- PubMed:15530988
- PubMed:15290686
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