FComEx: 2,4-Dihydroxybutanoic acid (PC000962)

Record Information

Version

1.0

Creation date

2015-10-09 22:33:38 UTC

Update date

2017-01-19 02:36:42 UTC

FoodComEx ID

PC000962

FoodDB Record

FDB021980

Chemical Information

Name

2,4-Dihydroxybutanoic acid

Description

2,4-Dihydroxybutanoic acid or 3-Deoxytetronic acid is usually absent in normal human urine extracts or in only trace constituents in neonates. (PMID 1192581) However, various cases of succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency have shown consistently increased amounts of this metabolite. (PMID 3126356) [HMDB]

CAS Number

1518-62-3

Structure

MOL SDF PDB SMILES InChI

Synonyms

Synonym	Source
2,4-dihydroxy-Butyrate	hmdb
2,4-dihydroxy-Butyric acid	hmdb
2,4-Dihydroxybutanoate	hmdb
2,4-Dihydroxybutanoic acid	hmdb
2,4-Dihydroxybutyrate	hmdb
2,4-Dihydroxybutyric acid	hmdb
3-Deoxytetronate	hmdb
3-Deoxytetronic acid	hmdb

Chemical Formula

C4H8O4

IUPAC name

2,4-dihydroxybutanoic acid

InChI Identifier

InChI=1S/C4H8O4/c5-2-1-3(6)4(7)8/h3,5-6H,1-2H2,(H,7,8)

InChI Key

UFYGCFHQAXXBCF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Isomeric SMILES

OCCC(O)C(O)=O

Average Molecular Weight

120.1039

Monoisotopic Molecular Weight

120.042258744

Chemical Taxonomy

Description

Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as short-chain hydroxy acids and derivatives. These are hydroxy acids with an alkyl chain the contains less than 6 carbon atoms.

Kingdom

Organic compounds

Super Class

Organic acids and derivatives

Class

Hydroxy acids and derivatives

Sub Class

Short-chain hydroxy acids and derivatives

Direct Parent

Short-chain hydroxy acids and derivatives

Alternative Parents