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N22908

3-Nitropropionic acid

97%

Synonym(s):

β-Nitropropionic acid, 3-Nitropropanoic acid, Bovinocidin, Hiptagenic acid

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Linear Formula:
O2N(CH2)2CO2H
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
119.08
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
208-003-0
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1759889
MDL number:
Assay:
97%
Form:
crystals
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Quality Level

assay

97%

form

crystals

mp

68-70 °C (lit.)

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

OC(CC[N+]([O-])=O)=O

InChI

1S/C3H5NO4/c5-3(6)1-2-4(7)8/h1-2H2,(H,5,6)

InChI key

WBLZUCOIBUDNBV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Biochem/physiol Actions

Excitotoxin shown to cause brain lesions similar to those of Huntington′s disease.


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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

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Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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Samantha Corrà et al.
iScience, 26(10), 107955-107955 (2023-10-09)
Mutations in MPV17 are a major contributor to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) depletion syndromes, a group of inherited genetic conditions due to mtDNA instability. To investigate the role of MPV17 in mtDNA maintenance, we generated and characterized a Drosophila melanogaster Mpv17
E Brouillet et al.
Current opinion in neurology, 8(6), 469-473 (1995-12-01)
Compelling evidence suggests that a defect in energy metabolism may play a role in the pathogenesis of various degenerative disorders including Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease. The behavioural and neuropathological consequences in primates of chronic systemic administration of mitochondrial toxins
Wang-Tso Lee et al.
Progress in neurobiology, 72(2), 87-110 (2004-04-06)
Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease, in which there is progressive motor and cognitive deterioration, and for which the pathogenesis of neuronal death remains controversial. Mitochondrial toxins like 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) and malonate, functioning as the inhibitors of