L(-)-Carnitine
L_carnitine synonyms
Ammonium, (3-carboxy-2-hydroxypropyl)trimethyl-, hydroxide, inner salt, L-; 1-Propanaminium, 3-carboxy-2-hydroxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-, inner salt, (2R)-; L-Carnitine; 1-Propanaminium, 3-carboxy-2-hydroxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-, hydroxide, inner salt, (R)-; (R)-(3-Carboxy-2-hydroxypropyl)trimethylammonium hydroxide; gamma-Trimethyl-beta-hydroxybutyrobetaine; Vitamin BT; (3-Carboxy-2-hydroxypropyl)trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide, inner salt; 1-Propanaminium, 3-carboxy-2-hydroxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-, inner salt, (R)-; Levocarnitine [USAN:INN]; 3-Carboxy-2-hydroxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-1-propanaminium hydroxide, inner salt
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Molecular Formula: C7H15NO3
Natural Isotopic Abundance Mass: 161.1989000000
Mono-Isotopic Molecular Masses:
- C12N14: 161.105193353
- C13N14: 168.128677218
- C12N15: 162.102228246
- C13N15: 168.128677218
InChI string: InChI=1/C7H15NO3/c1-8(2,3)5-6(9)4-7(10)11/h6,9H,4-5H2,1-3H3/t6-/m1/s1
IUPAC: (3R)-3-hydroxy-4-trimethylammonio-butanoate
PubChem Compound (CID): 10917KEGG Compound ID: C13951
CAS Registry number: 541-15-1 7634-98-2
EINECS: 208-768-0
Reference data were obtained primarily from the PubChem database.
Three dimensional molecular rendering uses Jmol.
InChI string and atom numbering calculated using ALATIS (Hesam Dashti, William M. Westler, John L. Markley, Hamid R. Eghbalnia, "Unique identifiers for small molecules enable rigorous labeling of their atoms", Scientific Data 4, Article number: 170073 (2017), doi:10.1038/sdata.2017.73, https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201773)