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| Version | 2.0 |
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| Created at | 2022-03-17 20:37:30 UTC |
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| Updated at | 2022-03-17 20:37:30 UTC |
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| NP-MRD ID | NP0047276 |
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| Secondary Accession Numbers | None |
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| Natural Product Identification |
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| Common Name | Mesoxalic acid |
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| Description | Mesoxalic acid, also known as a-ketomalonate or ketomalonic acid, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as dicarboxylic acids and derivatives. These are organic compounds containing exactly two carboxylic acid groups. Mesoxalic acid is a moderately acidic compound (based on its pKa). Outside of the human body, Mesoxalic acid has been detected, but not quantified in, a few different foods, such as cereals and cereal products, common pea, and herbs and spices. This could make mesoxalic acid a potential biomarker for the consumption of these foods. It is also prepared by the oxidation of glycerol with the help of bismuth(III) nitrate. These terms are also used for salts containing this anion, such as sodium mesoxalate, Na2C3O5; and for esters containing the −C3O5− or −O−(CO)3−O− moiety, such as diethyl mesoxalate, (C2H5)2C3O5. In product catalogs and other contexts, the terms "mesoxalic acid", "oxomalonic acid" and so on often refer to this "hydrated" compound. Mesoxalate is one of the oxocarbon anions, which (like carbonate CO2−3 and oxalate C2O2−4) consist solely of carbon and oxygen. It readily loses two protons to yield the divalent anion C3O2−5, called mesoxalate, oxomalonate, or ketomalonate. Mesoxalic acid, also called oxomalonic acid or ketomalonic acid, is an organic compound with formula C3H2O5 or HO−(CO)3−OH.Mesoxalic acid is both a dicarboxylic acid and a ketonic acid. The product can be obtained also by oxidation of tartronic acid or glycerol. In particular, the product traded as "sodium mesoxalate monohydrate" is almost always sodium dihydroxymalonate. Mesoxalic acid readily absorbs and reacts with water to form a product commonly called "mesoxalic acid monohydrate", more properly dihydroxymalonic acid, HO−(CO)−C(OH)2−(CO)−OH. Mesoxalic acid can be obtained synthetically by hydrolysis of alloxan with baryta water, by warming caffuric acid with lead acetate solution, or from glycerin diacetate and concentrated nitric acid in the cold. Since they are carried out in water, these procedures generally give the dihydroxy derivative. |
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| Structure | InChI=1S/C3H2O5/c4-1(2(5)6)3(7)8/h(H,5,6)(H,7,8) |
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| Synonyms | | Value | Source |
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| ALPHA-KETOMALONIC ACID | ChEBI | | Ketomalonic acid | ChEBI | | Oxomalonic acid | Kegg | | a-KETOMALONate | Generator | | a-KETOMALONic acid | Generator | | alpha-KETOMALONate | Generator | | Α-ketomalonate | Generator | | Α-ketomalonic acid | Generator | | Ketomalonate | Generator | | Oxomalonate | Generator | | Mesoxalate | Generator | | 2-Oxomalonic acid | HMDB | | 2-Oxopropanedioic acid | HMDB | | Mesoxalic acid, 8ci | HMDB | | Propanedioic acid, oxo- (9ci) | HMDB | | Mesoxalic acid | ChEBI |
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| Chemical Formula | C3H2O5 |
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| Average Mass | 118.0450 Da |
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| Monoisotopic Mass | 117.99022 Da |
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| IUPAC Name | 2-oxopropanedioic acid |
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| Traditional Name | mesoxalic acid |
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| CAS Registry Number | 473-90-5 |
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| SMILES | OC(=O)C(=O)C(O)=O |
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| InChI Identifier | InChI=1S/C3H2O5/c4-1(2(5)6)3(7)8/h(H,5,6)(H,7,8) |
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| InChI Key | XEEVLJKYYUVTRC-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
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| Chemical Taxonomy |
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| Description | Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as dicarboxylic acids and derivatives. These are organic compounds containing exactly two carboxylic acid groups. |
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| Kingdom | Organic compounds |
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| Super Class | Organic acids and derivatives |
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| Class | Carboxylic acids and derivatives |
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| Sub Class | Dicarboxylic acids and derivatives |
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| Direct Parent | Dicarboxylic acids and derivatives |
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| Substituents | - Keto acid
- Dicarboxylic acid or derivatives
- Alpha-keto acid
- Alpha-hydroxy ketone
- Ketone
- Carboxylic acid
- Organic oxygen compound
- Organic oxide
- Hydrocarbon derivative
- Organooxygen compound
- Carbonyl group
- Aliphatic acyclic compound
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| Molecular Framework | Aliphatic acyclic compounds |
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| Physical Properties |
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| State | Not Available |
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| Experimental Properties | | Property | Value | Reference |
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| Melting Point | Not Available | Not Available | | Boiling Point | Not Available | Not Available | | Water Solubility | Not Available | Not Available | | LogP | Not Available | Not Available |
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