(-)-Carnitine
Properties
- Molecular formula
- C7H15NO3
- Molar mass
- 161.20 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 161.1052 Da
- Melting point
- 196–198 °C
- Water solubility
- soluble
- logP
- -1.81Crippen estimate
- Polar surface area
- 60.4 Ų
- H-bond donors / acceptors
- 1 / 3
- Rotatable bonds
- 4
- Stereocentres
- Rin SMILES atom order
Hazards
Warning
- H315 Causes skin irritation89.5% of notifiers
- H319 Causes serious eye irritation89.5% of notifiers
Aggregated from 1,511 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.
Precautionary statements
P264, P264+P265, P280, P302+P352, P305+P351+P338, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364
Identifiers
CAS number
541-15-1SMILES
C[N+](C)(C)C[C@H](O)CC(=O)[O-]InChIKey
PHIQHXFUZVPYII-ZCFIWIBFSA-NInChI
InChI=1S/C7H15NO3/c1-8(2,3)5-6(9)4-7(10)11/h6,9H,4-5H2,1-3H3/t6-/m1/s1Weigh it out
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Names and synonyms
27 names · show all
- 1-Propanaminium, 3-carboxy-2-hydroxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-, inner salt, (2R)-
- Ammonium, (3-carboxy-2-hydroxypropyl)trimethyl-, hydroxide, inner salt, L-
- 1-Propanaminium, 3-carboxy-2-hydroxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-, hydroxide, inner salt, (R)-
- Carnitine, (-)-
- l-Carnitine
- Vitamin BT
- L-(-)-Carnitine
- Carnitine
- (-)-L-Carnitine
- Levocarnitine
- (R)-Carnitine
- 1-Propanaminium, 3-carboxy-2-hydroxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-, inner salt, (R)-
- ST 198
- Carniking 50
- Carnitene
- Carniking
- Carnitor
- Carnilean
- Coaxel
- Carnipass
- Carnipass 20
- L-Carnipure
- Natrulon RC
- Carnivit
- Carnil
- Aminocarnifarm
- (3R)-3-Hydroxy-4-(trimethylazaniumyl)butanoate
Work with (-)-Carnitine
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.
(+)-Carnitine541-14-0Enantiomer
(±)-Carnitine461-06-3Stereo not defined
Carnitine chloride461-05-2Salt, stereo not defined
L-(-)-Carnitine hydrochloride6645-46-1Salt
Carnitine tartrate36687-82-8Salt
(S)-3-Carboxy-2-hydroxy-N,N,N-trimethylpropan-1-aminium chloride10017-44-4Salt, enantiomer
L-Carnitine orotate160468-17-7Salt
L-Carnitine acid fumarate90471-79-7Salt
Similar compounds
Acetyl-DL-carnitine14992-62-251 % similar
(±)-Acetylcarnitine chloride2504-11-248 % similar
Acetyl L-carnitine hydrochloride5080-50-248 % similar
Trimethylglycine107-43-747 % similar
(2-Hydroxytrimethylene)bis[trimethylammonium iodide]123-47-747 % similar
Dromos119793-66-744 % similar
Sodium 3-hydroxybutyrate150-83-443 % similar
Sodium 3-hydroxybutyrate306-31-043 % similar
Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.