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2-Hydroxybutyric Acid

PubChem CID: 11266

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Compound Synonyms 2-Hydroxybutyric acid, 2-HYDROXYBUTANOIC ACID, 600-15-7, dl-2-hydroxy-n-butyric acid, DL-2-Hydroxybutyric Acid, Butanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, alpha-Hydroxybutyric acid, 565-70-8, alpha-Hydroxybutyrate, 2-hydroxy-butanoic acid, Butyric acid, 2-hydroxy-, (1)-2-Hydroxybutyric acid, O0ADR0I4H5, alpha-Hydroxy-n-butyric acid, CHEBI:1148, Hydroxybutyric acid, NSC 6495, NSC-6495, alpha-hydroxybutanoic acid, EINECS 209-985-3, MFCD00070502, DL-2-Hydroxybutanoic acid, .alpha.-Hydroxybutyric acid, (RS)-2-Hydroxybutyric acid, 2-Hydroxy-butyric acid anion, (+/-)-2-hydroxybutanoic acid, .alpha.-Hydroxy-n-butyric acid, BUTANOIC ACID, 2-HYDROXY-, (+/-)-, S-2-hydroxybutyric acid, (R)-alpha-Hydroxybutyric acid, UNII-O0ADR0I4H5, ethylglycolic acid, -hydroxybutyric acid, DL2Hydroxybutyric acid, 2-hydroxy-butyric acid, alpha-hydroxy butyric acid, SCHEMBL6963, ?-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID, CHEMBL567588, DTXSID8041903, (+/-)alpha-hydoxy butyric acid, Butyric acid, 2-hydroxy-(8CI), NSC6495, Butanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-(9CI), (R)-(+)-2-Hydroxybutanoic acid, 2-Hydroxybutanoic acid, AldrichCPR, BCP33336, LMFA01050004, s6119, AKOS000121162, AKOS016053528, FH35031, SB44466, SB44876, SY066872, SY234828, DB-017417, DB-066029, HY-113381, CS-0062339, H0227, NS00034281, NS00120051, EN300-27738, D90822, BC3EA1BE-590C-48AC-ACE7-8989B8E96BFC, Q3288610, Z246073650, DL-2-Hydroxybutyric Acid (contains Polymolecular esterification product)
Topological Polar Surface Area 57.5
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count 2.0
Heavy Atom Count 7.0
Description 2-Hydroxybutyric acid is an organic acid that is involved in propanoate metabolism. It is produced in mammalian tissues (principaly hepatic) that catabolize L-threonine or synthesize glutathione. Oxidative stress or detoxification demands can dramatically increase the rate of hepatic glutathione synthesis. Under such metabolic stress conditions, supplies of L-cysteine for glutathione synthesis become limiting, so homocysteine is diverted from the transmethylation pathway forming methionine into the transsulfuration pathway forming cystathionine. 2-Hydroxybutyrate is released as a by-product when cystathionine is cleaved to cysteine that is incorporated into glutathione. 2-Hydroxybutyric acid is often found in the urine of patients suffering from lactic acidosis and ketoacidosis. 2-Hydroxybutyric acid generally appears at high concentrations in situations related to deficient energy metabolism (e.g., birth asphyxia) and also in inherited metabolic diseases affecting the central nervous system during neonatal development, such as "cerebral" lactic acidosis, glutaric aciduria type II, dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase (E3) deficiency, and propionic acidemia. More recently it has been noted that elevated levels of alpha-hydroxybutyrate in the plasma is a good marker for early stage type II diabetes (PMID: 19166731). It was concluded from studies done in the mid 1970's that an increased NADH2/NAD ratio was the most important factor for the production of 2-hydorxybutyric acid (PMID: 168632) [HMDB]
Isotope Atom Count 0.0
Molecular Complexity 69.3
Database Name cmaup_ingredients;fooddb_chem_all;npass_chem_all;pubchem
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count 0.0
Uniprot Id Q7Z4W1, Q969S8, O60669, P53987, O15427
Iupac Name 2-hydroxybutanoic acid
Prediction Hob 1.0
Class Fatty Acyls
Xlogp 0.1
Superclass Lipids and lipid-like molecules
Subclass Fatty acids and conjugates
Molecular Formula C4H8O3
Prediction Swissadme 0.0
Inchi Key AFENDNXGAFYKQO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Fcsp3 0.75
Logs 0.384
Rotatable Bond Count 2.0
State Solid
Logd -1.321
Synonyms (RS)-2-Hydroxybutyrate, (RS)-2-Hydroxybutyric acid, 2-hydroxy-Butanoate, 2-hydroxy-Butanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-DL-Butyrate, 2-hydroxy-DL-Butyric acid, 2-Hydroxy-n-butyrate, 2-Hydroxy-n-butyric acid, 2-Hydroxybutanoate, 2-Hydroxybutanoic acid, 2-Hydroxybutyrate, a-Hydroxy-n-butyrate, a-Hydroxy-n-butyric acid, a-Hydroxybutanoate, a-Hydroxybutanoic acid, a-Hydroxybutyrate, a-Hydroxybutyric acid, alpha-hydroxy-n-butyrate, alpha-hydroxy-n-butyric acid, alpha-Hydroxybutanoate, alpha-Hydroxybutanoic acid, alpha-Hydroxybutyrate, alpha-Hydroxybutyric acid, DL-2-Hydroxybutanoate, DL-2-Hydroxybutanoic acid, DL-a-Hydroxybutyrate, DL-a-Hydroxybutyric acid, DL-alpha-Hydroxybutyrate, DL-alpha-Hydroxybutyric acid, α-hydroxybutanoate, α-hydroxybutanoic acid, α-hydroxybutyrate, α-hydroxybutyric acid
Substituent Name Hydroxy fatty acid, Hydroxy acid, Alpha-hydroxy acid, Secondary alcohol, Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives, Carboxylic acid, Carboxylic acid derivative, Hydrocarbon derivative, Organooxygen compound, Carbonyl group, Alcohol, Aliphatic acyclic compound
Compound Name 2-Hydroxybutyric Acid
Kingdom Organic compounds
Prediction Hob Swissadme 0.0
Exact Mass 104.047
Formal Charge 0.0
Monoisotopic Mass 104.047
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count 3.0
Molecular Weight 104.1
Covalent Unit Count 1.0
Total Atom Stereocenter Count 1.0
Total Bond Stereocenter Count 0.0
Esol -0.3912509999999998
Inchi InChI=1S/C4H8O3/c1-2-3(5)4(6)7/h3,5H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)
Smiles CCC(C(=O)O)O
Nring 0.0
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count 0.0

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