Ornithine

C5H12N2O2CAS 70-26-8132.16 g/mol

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H2NNH2OOH
Carboxylic acidPrimary amine

Properties

Molecular formula
C5H12N2O2
Molar mass
132.16 g/mol
Exact mass
132.0899 Da
Melting point
140 °C
logP
-0.86Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
89.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
3 / 3
Rotatable bonds
4
Stereocentres
Sin SMILES atom order

Hazards

Not classified as hazardous under GHS by 6 ECHA notifiers. Aggregated from 6 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Identifiers

CAS number
70-26-8
SMILES
NCCC[C@H](N)C(=O)O
InChIKey
AHLPHDHHMVZTML-BYPYZUCNSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H12N2O2/c6-3-1-2-4(7)5(8)9/h4H,1-3,6-7H2,(H,8,9)/t4-/m0/s1

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Names and synonyms

10 names
  • L-Ornithine
  • Ornithine, L-
  • Pentanoic acid, 2,5-diamino-, (S)-
  • L-(-)-Ornithine
  • (S)-2,5-Diaminopentanoic acid
  • (S)-Ornithine
  • (S)-α,δ-Diaminovaleric acid
  • (+)-S-Ornithine
  • L-Norvaline, 5-amino-
  • (2S)-2,5-Diaminopentanoic acid

Work with Ornithine

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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.

DL-ornithine hydrochloride1069-31-4Salt, stereo not defined Ornithine aspartate3230-94-2Salt Ornithine hydrochloride3184-13-2Salt Ornithine α-ketoglutarate (1:1)5191-97-9Salt (R)-Ornithine hydrochloride16682-12-5Salt, enantiomer Di-L(+)-ornithine-α-oxoglutarate5144-42-3Salt Ornithine dihydrochloride6211-16-1Salt Ornithine acetate60259-81-6Salt

Similar compounds

Polylysine25104-18-188 % similar L-Lysine56-87-188 % similar Lysine70-54-288 % similar D-Lysine923-27-388 % similar Lysine monohydrate39665-12-882 % similar Lysine hydrochloride10098-89-279 % similar Poly(L-lysine) hydrobromide25988-63-079 % similar Poly-D-lysine hydrobromide27964-99-479 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

All similar compounds

Same formula

tert-Butyl carbazate870-46-2

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