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3-hydroxybutyric acid
Sign in to saveAlso known as beta-hydroxy-n-butyric acid, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, 3-OH-butyric acid, beta-hydroxybutanoic acid, BHBA, 3 HBA, 3-hydroxybutanoic acid, DL-beta-hydroxybutyric acid
pair of enantiomers
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, 3-hydroxybutyric acid is referenced by 203 other articles, and connects out to valproic acid, beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyric acid and 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase.
Vinony files it under Antidepressants, Beta hydroxycarboxylic acids and Biomolecules.
Its subject is documented across 24 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H8O3
- Molecular weight
- 104.1 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3-hydroxybutanoic acid
- SMILES
- CC(CC(=O)O)O
- InChIKey
- WHBMMWSBFZVSSR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.5
- Polar surface area
- 57.5 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Max clinical phase
- Phase 1
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- fatty alcohol
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 104.047
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- melting point
- 38
- chemical formula
- C₄H₈O₃
- canonical SMILES
- CC(CC(=O)O)O
- found in taxon
- Cupriavidus necator
- Commons category
- 3-Hydroxybutyric acid
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Connections
valproic acid
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beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyric acid
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3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase
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G protein-coupled recepteishon
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ketone bodies
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3-oxobutanoic acid
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(R)-mevalonic acid
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polyhydroxybutyrate
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Hydroxybutyric acid
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sodium phenylbutyrate
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