5-Aminolevulinic acid

C5H9NO3CAS 106-60-5131.13 g/mol

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H2NOOOH
Carboxylic acidKetonePrimary amine

Properties

Molecular formula
C5H9NO3
Molar mass
131.13 g/mol
Exact mass
131.0582 Da
Melting point
118–119 °C
logP
-0.62Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
80.4 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
2 / 3
Rotatable bonds
4

Hazards

Warning
Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 2 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P261, P264, P264+P265, P271, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P319, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
106-60-5
SMILES
NCC(=O)CCC(=O)O
InChIKey
ZGXJTSGNIOSYLO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H9NO3/c6-3-4(7)1-2-5(8)9/h1-3,6H2,(H,8,9)

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Names and synonyms

13 names · show all
  • Pentanoic acid, 5-amino-4-oxo-
  • Levulinic acid, 5-amino-
  • 5-Amino-4-oxopentanoic acid
  • δ-Aminolevulinic acid
  • Aminolevulinic acid
  • Aladerm
  • Kerastick
  • Alasens
  • Levulan
  • 5-ALA
  • Pentakeep S
  • Pentakeep V
  • BF 200ALA

Work with 5-Aminolevulinic acid

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

Aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride5451-09-2Salt 5-Amino-4-oxopentanoic acid,phosphoric acid868074-65-1Salt

Similar compounds

β-Ketoadipic acid689-31-660 % similar Succinic acid110-15-657 % similar Glycine56-40-657 % similar β-Alanine107-95-952 % similar Diammonium succinate2226-88-250 % similar Succinylacetone51568-18-450 % similar Glycine hydrochloride6000-43-750 % similar γ-Aminobutyric acid56-12-248 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

All similar compounds

Same formula

(S)-Morpholine-3-carboxylic acid106825-79-0 N-Acetylalanine1115-69-1 3-Aminotetrahydrofuran-3-carboxylic acid125218-55-5 N-Acetyl-D-alanine19436-52-3 cis-4-Hydroxy-D-proline2584-71-6 N-Acetyl-beta-alanine3025-95-4 Ethyl N-formylglycinate3154-51-6 (2R,4S)-4-Hydroxypyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid3398-22-9

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