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Metabolite IDPAMDB000550
Identification
Name: 2-Acetolactate
Description:2-Acetolactate is involved in the butanoate metabolism and pantothenate and CoA biosynthesis pathways.
Structure
Thumb
Synonyms:
  • 2-Acetolactic acid
Chemical Formula: C5H8O4
Average Molecular Weight: 132.1146
Monoisotopic Molecular Weight: 132.042258744
InChI Key: NMDWGEGFJUBKLB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI:InChI=1S/C5H8O4/c1-3(6)5(2,9)4(7)8/h9H,1-2H3,(H,7,8)
CAS number: Not Available
IUPAC Name:2-hydroxy-2-methyl-3-oxobutanoic acid
Traditional IUPAC Name: 2-acetyllactic acid
SMILES:CC(=O)C(C)(O)C(O)=O
Chemical Taxonomy
Taxonomy DescriptionThis compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as hydroxy fatty acids. These are fatty acids in which the chain bears a hydroxyl group.
Kingdom Organic compounds
Super ClassLipids and lipid-like molecules
Class Fatty Acyls
Sub ClassFatty acids and conjugates
Direct Parent Hydroxy fatty acids
Alternative Parents
Substituents
  • Hydroxy fatty acid
  • Methyl-branched fatty acid
  • Short-chain keto acid
  • Branched fatty acid
  • Beta-keto acid
  • Keto acid
  • Hydroxy acid
  • Beta-hydroxy ketone
  • Alpha-hydroxy acid
  • Acyloin
  • Tertiary alcohol
  • Alpha-hydroxy ketone
  • Ketone
  • Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives
  • Carboxylic acid
  • Carboxylic acid derivative
  • Hydrocarbon derivative
  • Organooxygen compound
  • Carbonyl group
  • Alcohol
  • Aliphatic acyclic compound
Molecular Framework Aliphatic acyclic compounds
External Descriptors Not Available
Physical Properties
State: Solid
Charge:-1
Melting point: Not Available
Experimental Properties:
PropertyValueSource
Predicted Properties
PropertyValueSource
Water Solubility286.0 mg/mLALOGPS
logP-0.65ALOGPS
logP-0.28ChemAxon
logS0.33ALOGPS
pKa (Strongest Acidic)3.45ChemAxon
pKa (Strongest Basic)-4.6ChemAxon
Physiological Charge-1ChemAxon
Hydrogen Acceptor Count4ChemAxon
Hydrogen Donor Count2ChemAxon
Polar Surface Area74.6 Å2ChemAxon
Rotatable Bond Count2ChemAxon
Refractivity28.59 m3·mol-1ChemAxon
Polarizability11.82 Å3ChemAxon
Number of Rings0ChemAxon
Bioavailability1ChemAxon
Rule of FiveYesChemAxon
Ghose FilterYesChemAxon
Veber's RuleYesChemAxon
MDDR-like RuleYesChemAxon
Biological Properties
Cellular Locations: Cytoplasm
Reactions:
Pathways:
Spectra
Spectra:
Spectrum TypeDescriptionSplash Key
GC-MSGC-MS Spectrum - GC-MSNot Available
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Positivesplash10-001i-5900000000-a14af8bd96fdcce5e84fView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Positivesplash10-015l-9400000000-53c1f10a4a9b63a25574View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Positivesplash10-01b9-9000000000-03c96ef4ce31ab174fddView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Negativesplash10-0019-9700000000-641c507686f1b0493bdeView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Negativesplash10-000i-9000000000-cd68c82882667330e329View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Negativesplash10-0079-9000000000-f0530bd3c4f32baa697cView in MoNA
References
References:
  • Kanehisa, M., Goto, S., Sato, Y., Furumichi, M., Tanabe, M. (2012). "KEGG for integration and interpretation of large-scale molecular data sets." Nucleic Acids Res 40:D109-D114. Pubmed: 22080510
  • Yurtsever D. (2007). Fatty acid methyl ester profiling of Enterococcus and Esherichia coli for microbial source tracking. M.sc. Thesis. Villanova University: U.S.A
Synthesis Reference: Not Available
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) Not Available
External Links:
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CHEBI ID16444
HMDB IDHMDB06833
Pubchem Compound ID22
Kegg IDC00900
ChemSpider ID21
Wikipedia IDNot Available
BioCyc IDNot Available