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carnitine

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An amino-acid betaine that is butanoate substituted with a hydroxy group at position C-3 and a trimethylammonium group at C-4.

Term info

Label

carnitine

Synonyms
  • 3-hydroxy-4-(trimethylammonio)butanoate
  • carnitine
database cross reference
Subsets

3_STAR

IUPAC NAME
3-hydroxy-4-(trimethylammonio)butanoate [ IUPAC ]

charge

0

formula

C7H15NO3

has alternative id

CHEBI:11817, CHEBI:20047, CHEBI:13947, CHEBI:23038

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

has related synonym

D,L-carnitine

id

CHEBI:17126

inchi

InChI=1S/C7H15NO3/c1-8(2,3)5-6(9)4-7(10)11/h6,9H,4-5H2,1-3H3

inchikey

PHIQHXFUZVPYII-UHFFFAOYSA-N

mass

161.19894

monoisotopicmass

161.10519

smiles

C[N+](C)(C)CC(O)CC([O-])=O