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3-Hydroxyisobutyric acid

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3-Hydroxyisobutyric acid
Names
Preferred IUPAC name 3-Hydroxy-2-methylpropanoic acid
Other names 3-Hydroxyisobutyric acid
Identifiers
CAS Number
3D model (JSmol)
Beilstein Reference 1745484
ChEBI
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.254.271 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 819-819-7
KEGG
PubChem CID
UNII
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
InChI
  • InChI=1S/C4H8O3/c1-3(2-5)4(6)7/h3,5H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)Key: DBXBTMSZEOQQDU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • InChI=1/C4H8O3/c1-3(2-5)4(6)7/h3,5H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)Key: DBXBTMSZEOQQDU-UHFFFAOYAC
SMILES
  • OC(C(C)CO)=O
  • O=C(O)C(C)CO
Properties
Chemical formula C4H8O3
Molar mass 104.10 g/mol
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Chemical compound

3-Hydroxyisobutyric acid (or 3-hydroxy-2-methylpropanoic acid) is an intermediate in the metabolism of valine. It is a chiral compound having two enantiomers, D-3-hydroxyisobutyric acid and L-3-hydroxyisobutyric acid.

See also

References

  1. PubChem. "3-Hydroxyisobutyric acid". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  2. "Human Metabolome Database: Showing metabocard for (S)-3-Hydroxyisobutyric acid (HMDB0000023)". hmdb.ca. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
Amino acid metabolism metabolic intermediates
Kacetyl-CoA
lysine
leucine
tryptophanalanine
G
G→pyruvate
citrate
glycine
serine
G→glutamate
α-ketoglutarate
histidine
proline
arginine
other
G→propionyl-CoA
succinyl-CoA
valine
isoleucine
methionine
threonine
propionyl-CoA
G→fumarate
phenylalaninetyrosine
G→oxaloacetate
Other
Cysteine metabolism


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