dehydroalanine
Sign in to saveDehydroalanine is an organic compound with the formula . It does not exist in its free form, but it occurs naturally as a residue found in peptides of microbial origin. Unlike most amino acid residues, it has an unsaturated backbone.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H5NO2
- Molecular weight
- 87.08 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-aminoprop-2-enoic acid
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- +87.032
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Article
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- Structure and reactivity
- Occurrence
- Chemical synthesis
- References
Dehydroalanine is an organic compound with the formula . It does not exist in its free form, but it occurs naturally as a residue found in peptides of microbial origin. Unlike most amino acid residues, it has an unsaturated backbone.
==Structure and reactivity== Like most primary enamines, dehydroalanine is unstable. It would hydrolyze to pyruvate: