CHEBI:47870 - (methylthio)acetic acid

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ChEBI Name (methylthio)acetic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:47870
Definition A sulfur-containing carboxylic consisting of thioglycolic acid carrying an S-methyl substituent.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:18836, CHEBI:8966
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Formula C3H6O2S
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 106.14454
Monoisotopic Mass 106.00885
InChI InChI=1S/C3H6O2S/c1-6-2-3(4)5/h2H2,1H3,(H,4,5)
InChIKey HGTBAIVLETUVCG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CSCC(O)=O
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Biological Role(s): xenobiotic metabolite
Any metabolite produced by metabolism of a xenobiotic compound.
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Outgoing (methylthio)acetic acid (CHEBI:47870) has functional parent thioglycolic acid (CHEBI:30065)
(methylthio)acetic acid (CHEBI:47870) has role xenobiotic metabolite (CHEBI:76206)
(methylthio)acetic acid (CHEBI:47870) is a methyl sulfide (CHEBI:86315)
(methylthio)acetic acid (CHEBI:47870) is a monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:25384)
(methylthio)acetic acid (CHEBI:47870) is a sulfur-containing carboxylic acid (CHEBI:33576)
(methylthio)acetic acid (CHEBI:47870) is conjugate acid of (methylthio)acetate (CHEBI:18071)
Incoming butyl 2-(methylsulfanyl)acetate (CHEBI:156077) has functional parent (methylthio)acetic acid (CHEBI:47870)
(methylthio)acetate (CHEBI:18071) is conjugate base of (methylthio)acetic acid (CHEBI:47870)
IUPAC Name
(methylsulfanyl)acetic acid
Synonyms Sources
(Methylthio)acetic acid KEGG COMPOUND
2-methylthioacetic acid NIST Chemistry WebBook
methylmercaptoacetic acid ChEBI
methylsulfenylacetic acid ChEBI
S-Methylthioglycolate KEGG COMPOUND
Manual Xrefs Databases
C03173 KEGG COMPOUND
MTG PDBeChem
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1740201 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
2444-37-3 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
2444-37-3 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
2444-37-3 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
260045 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
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Last Modified
13 July 2020