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Pentanoate

PubChem CID
114781
Structure
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Pentanoate_3D_Structure.png
Molecular Formula
Synonyms
  • Pentanoate
  • Pentanoic acid, ion(1-)
  • 10023-74-2
  • Valerates
  • NCGC00181035-01
Molecular Weight
101.12 g/mol
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Dates
  • Create:
    2004-09-16
  • Modify:
    2025-01-18
Description
Valerate is a short-chain fatty acid anion that is the conjugate base of valeric acid; present in ester form as component of many steroid-based pharmaceuticals. It has a role as a plant metabolite. It is a short-chain fatty acid anion and a straight-chain saturated fatty acid anion. It is a conjugate base of a valeric acid.
Derivatives of valeric acid, including its salts and esters.

1 Structures

1.1 2D Structure

Chemical Structure Depiction
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1.2 3D Conformer

1.3 Crystal Structures

2 Names and Identifiers

2.1 Computed Descriptors

2.1.1 IUPAC Name

pentanoate
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2.1.2 InChI

InChI=1S/C5H10O2/c1-2-3-4-5(6)7/h2-4H2,1H3,(H,6,7)/p-1
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2.1.3 InChIKey

NQPDZGIKBAWPEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-M
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2.1.4 SMILES

CCCCC(=O)[O-]
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2.2 Molecular Formula

C5H9O2-
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2.3 Other Identifiers

2.3.1 CAS

2.3.2 ChEBI ID

2.3.3 DSSTox Substance ID

2.3.4 Nikkaji Number

2.3.5 Wikidata

2.4 Synonyms

2.4.1 MeSH Entry Terms

  • Pentanoate
  • Pentanoates
  • Valerate
  • Valerates

2.4.2 Depositor-Supplied Synonyms

3 Chemical and Physical Properties

3.1 Computed Properties

Property Name
Molecular Weight
Property Value
101.12 g/mol
Reference
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Property Name
XLogP3
Property Value
2
Reference
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Property Name
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count
Property Value
2
Reference
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Property Name
Rotatable Bond Count
Property Value
2
Reference
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Property Name
Exact Mass
Property Value
101.060254526 Da
Reference
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Property Name
Monoisotopic Mass
Property Value
101.060254526 Da
Reference
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Property Name
Topological Polar Surface Area
Property Value
40.1 Ų
Reference
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Property Name
Heavy Atom Count
Property Value
7
Reference
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Property Name
Formal Charge
Property Value
-1
Reference
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Property Name
Complexity
Property Value
53.6
Reference
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Property Name
Isotope Atom Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count
Property Value
1
Reference
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Property Name
Compound Is Canonicalized
Property Value
Yes
Reference
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4 Spectral Information

4.1 1D NMR Spectra

4.1.1 13C NMR Spectra

Copyright
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6 Chemical Vendors

7 Pharmacology and Biochemistry

7.1 Biochemical Reactions

8 Associated Disorders and Diseases

9 Literature

9.1 Consolidated References

9.2 NLM Curated PubMed Citations

9.3 Chemical Co-Occurrences in Literature

9.4 Chemical-Gene Co-Occurrences in Literature

9.5 Chemical-Disease Co-Occurrences in Literature

10 Patents

10.1 Depositor-Supplied Patent Identifiers

10.2 WIPO PATENTSCOPE

10.3 Chemical Co-Occurrences in Patents

10.4 Chemical-Disease Co-Occurrences in Patents

10.5 Chemical-Gene Co-Occurrences in Patents

11 Interactions and Pathways

11.1 Chemical-Target Interactions

11.2 Pathways

12 Biological Test Results

12.1 BioAssay Results

13 Taxonomy

14 Classification

14.1 MeSH Tree

14.2 ChEBI Ontology

14.3 ChemIDplus

14.4 EPA DSSTox Classification

14.5 MolGenie Organic Chemistry Ontology

15 Information Sources

  1. BindingDB
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  4. ChemIDplus
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  5. EPA DSSTox
    CompTox Chemicals Dashboard Chemical Lists
    https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical-lists/
  6. ChEBI
  7. Crystallography Open Database (COD)
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  8. Japan Chemical Substance Dictionary (Nikkaji)
  9. Natural Product Activity and Species Source (NPASS)
  10. Rhea - Annotated Reactions Database
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  16. PATENTSCOPE (WIPO)
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