Monosodium glutamate

C5H8NNaO4CAS 142-47-2169.11 g/mol

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NH2O−OOHONa+
Carboxylic acidPrimary amine

Properties

Molecular formula
C5H8NNaO4
Molar mass
169.11 g/mol
Exact mass
169.0351 Da
logP
-1.12Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
100.6 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
3 / 3
Rotatable bonds
4
Stereocentres
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Hazards

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Identifiers

CAS number
142-47-2
SMILES
N[C@@H](CCC([O-])=O)C(=O)O.[Na+]
InChI

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Names and synonyms

27 names · show all
  • L-Glutamic acid, sodium salt (1:1)
  • Glutamic acid, monosodium salt, L-
  • L-Glutamic acid, monosodium salt
  • RL 50
  • Accent
  • Chinese seasoning
  • Glutacyl
  • Glutavene
  • Monosodium L-glutamate
  • MSG
  • Vetsin
  • Zest
  • Glutamic acid monosodium salt
  • L-Glutamic acid sodium salt
  • Sodium glutamate
  • Sodium L-glutamate
  • Sodium hydrogen glutamate
  • L-Monosodium glutamate
  • Ancoma
  • Accent (food additive)
  • E 621
  • NSC 135529
  • MSG (food additive)
  • Glutalin
  • Sodium monoglutamate
  • Glutamate sodium
  • Gluace S 1

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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.

Sodium glutamate monohydrate6106-04-3Hydrate Dl-glutamic acid monohydrate19285-83-7Hydrate, stereo not defined Glutamic acid56-86-0Free acid Poly(L-glutamic acid)25513-46-6Free acid Glutamic acid617-65-2Free acid, stereo not defined (-)-Glutamic acid6893-26-1Free acid, enantiomer Monosodium DL-glutamate32221-81-1Stereo not defined Glutamic acid hydrochloride138-15-8Salt Arginine glutamate4320-30-3Salt Lysine glutamate5408-52-6Salt Monopotassium glutamate19473-49-5Salt

Similar compounds

Monosodium aspartate3792-50-570 % similar Monopotassium aspartate1115-63-556 % similar Potassium L-aspartate14007-45-556 % similar Monopotassium DL-aspartate923-09-156 % similar Diaminopimelic acid583-93-753 % similar Glutamine56-85-953 % similar Glutamine585-21-753 % similar D-Glutamine5959-95-553 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

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