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M47604

3-Methylglutaric acid

99%

Synonym(s):

β-Methylglutaric acid, 3-Methylpentanedioic acid

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Linear Formula:
CH3CH(CH2COOH)2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
146.14
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
210-951-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1759502
MDL number:
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Product Name

3-Methylglutaric acid, 99%

InChI key

XJMMNTGIMDZPMU-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C6H10O4/c1-4(2-5(7)8)3-6(9)10/h4H,2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)

SMILES string

CC(CC(O)=O)CC(O)=O

assay

99%

mp

81-86 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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M Duran et al.
The Journal of pediatrics, 101(4), 551-554 (1982-10-01)
Two brothers, aged 7 and 5 years, who excreted large amounts of the leucine metabolites 3-methylglutaconic acid, 3-methylglutaric acid, and 3-hydroxyisovaleric acid, are described. The excretion of these metabolites could be enhanced by increasing the leucine intake. Restriction of the
B Hagberg et al.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, 134(1-2), 59-67 (1983-10-31)
We studied two children who developed normally for the first 3-4 months of life and then displayed a failure-to-thrive syndrome, regression in psychomotor development, pronounced muscular hypotonia, and liver damage. At the age of about 1-2 years, optic atrophy and
R J Truscott et al.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, 95(1), 11-16 (1979-07-02)
The urine of a child who presented with hyperammonemia was found to contain elevated levels of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric acid, 3-methylglutaconic acid and 3-methylglutaric acid. An increased excretion of these organic acids has been reported previously in a child with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase
3-Methylglutaconyl-coenzyme-A hydratase deficiency: a new case.
K M Gibson et al.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 15(3), 363-366 (1992-01-01)
What is the origin of 3-methylglutaconic acid?
R Walsh et al.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 22(3), 251-255 (1999-06-29)

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