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hydracrylaldehyde
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Reuterin (3-hydroxypropionaldehyde) is the organic compound with the formula HOCH2CH2CHO. It is a bifunctional molecule, containing both a hydroxy and aldehyde functional groups.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H6O2
- Molecular weight
- 74.08 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3-hydroxypropanal
- SMILES
- C(CO)C=O
- InChIKey
- AKXKFZDCRYJKTF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -1
- Polar surface area
- 37.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- fatty alcohol
- Mass
- 74.036779
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- chemical formula
- C₃H₆O₂
- canonical SMILES
- C(CO)C=O
- found in taxon
- Lactobacillus reuteri
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Solution structure
- Synthesis and reactions
- Biological activity
- References
Reuterin (3-hydroxypropionaldehyde) is the organic compound with the formula HOCH2CH2CHO. It is a bifunctional molecule, containing both a hydroxy and aldehyde functional groups.
The name reuterin is derived from Limosilactobacillus reuteri, which produces the compound biosynthetically from glycerol as a broad-spectrum antibiotic (bacteriocin). L. reuteri itself is named after the microbiologist Gerhard Reuter, who did early work in distinguishing it as a distinct species.
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