CHEBI:83221 - methyl 2-hydroxypropionate

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ChEBI Name methyl 2-hydroxypropionate
ChEBI ID CHEBI:83221
Definition A lactate ester resulting from the formal condensation of the carboxy group of 2-hydroxypropanoic acid with methanol.
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Formula C4H8O3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 104.10450
Monoisotopic Mass 104.04734
InChI InChI=1S/C4H8O3/c1-3(5)4(6)7-2/h3,5H,1-2H3
InChIKey LPEKGGXMPWTOCB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES COC(=O)C(C)O
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Biological Role(s): metabolite
Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites.
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Outgoing methyl 2-hydroxypropionate (CHEBI:83221) has role metabolite (CHEBI:25212)
methyl 2-hydroxypropionate (CHEBI:83221) is a lactate ester (CHEBI:83219)
methyl 2-hydroxypropionate (CHEBI:83221) is a methyl ester (CHEBI:25248)
Incoming methyl (R)-lactate (CHEBI:74611) is a methyl 2-hydroxypropionate (CHEBI:83221)
methyl (S)-lactate (CHEBI:83222) is a methyl 2-hydroxypropionate (CHEBI:83221)
IUPAC Name
methyl 2-hydroxypropanoate
Synonym Source
methyl lactate ChEBI
Registry Number Type Source
547-64-8 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
Last Modified
01 September 2015
General Comment
2014-10-02 This entry has unspecified stereochemistry. There are separate entries for the individual enantiomers [methyl (R)-lactate, methyl (S)-lactate] and for the racemate (rac-methyl lactate).