α-Ketovaleric acid

α-Ketovaleric acid
Names
	Preferred IUPAC name 2-Oxopentanoic acid
	Other names α-Ketovalerate; α-Oxovaleric acid; 2-Ketopentanoic acid; 2-Oxo-n-valeric acid
Identifiers
CAS Number	1821-02-9 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChEBI	CHEBI:33033 ;
ChEMBL	ChEMBL1162544 ;
ChemSpider	67142 ;
ECHA InfoCard	100.015.764
PubChem CID	74563;
UNII	01I0OE93A7 ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID3021647 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C5H8O3/c1-2-3-4(6)5(7)8/h2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8) Key: KDVFRMMRZOCFLS-UHFFFAOYSA-N ; InChI=1S/C5H8O3/c1-2-3-4(6)5(7)8/h2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8);
	SMILES O=C(C(=O)O)CCC;
Properties
Chemical formula	C5H8O3
Molar mass	116.116 g·mol−1
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). verify (what is ?) Infobox references

α-Ketovaleric acid is a keto acid that is found in human blood.^[1]^[2]^[3] Unlike related keto acids, it is not an intermediate or metabolite associated with amino acids and its origin is unknown.^[4]

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^ Fu, X; Kimura, M; Iga, M; Yamaguchi, S (2001). "Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric screening for organic acidemias using dried urine filter paper: determination of alpha-ketoacids". Journal of Chromatography B. 758 (1): 87–94. doi:10.1016/s0378-4347(01)00101-3. PMID 11482739.
^ Lee, SH; Kim, SO; Chung, BC (1998). "Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric determination of urinary oxoacids using O-(2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorobenzyl)oxime-trimethylsilyl ester derivatization and cation-exchange chromatography". Journal of Chromatography B. 719 (1–2): 1–7. doi:10.1016/s0378-4347(98)00388-0. PMID 9869358.
^ Wang, ZJ; Zaitsu, K; Ohkura, Y (1988). "High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of alpha-keto acids in human serum and urine using 1,2-diamino-4,5-methylenedioxybenzene as a precolumn fluorescence derivatization reagent". Journal of Chromatography. 430 (2): 223–31. doi:10.1016/s0378-4347(00)83157-6. PMID 3235498.
^ European Nutrigenomics Organisation Metabolite Database

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[1] Fu, X; Kimura, M; Iga, M; Yamaguchi, S (2001). "Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric screening for organic acidemias using dried urine filter paper: determination of alpha-ketoacids". Journal of Chromatography B. 758 (1): 87–94. doi:10.1016/s0378-4347(01)00101-3. PMID 11482739.

[2] Lee, SH; Kim, SO; Chung, BC (1998). "Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric determination of urinary oxoacids using O-(2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorobenzyl)oxime-trimethylsilyl ester derivatization and cation-exchange chromatography". Journal of Chromatography B. 719 (1–2): 1–7. doi:10.1016/s0378-4347(98)00388-0. PMID 9869358.

[3] Wang, ZJ; Zaitsu, K; Ohkura, Y (1988). "High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of alpha-keto acids in human serum and urine using 1,2-diamino-4,5-methylenedioxybenzene as a precolumn fluorescence derivatization reagent". Journal of Chromatography. 430 (2): 223–31. doi:10.1016/s0378-4347(00)83157-6. PMID 3235498.

[4] European Nutrigenomics Organisation Metabolite Database

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