(+-)-Methionine

A carboxylic acid, C5H11NO2S, 149.215 g/mol. Boiling point 300.00 to 301.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg, melting point 281 °C, as published.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: C₅H₁₁NO₂S
Molecular weight: 149.215 g/mol
Exact mass: 149.05105 g/mol
IUPAC name: 2-amino-4-methylsulfanylbutanoic acid
SMILES: CSCCC(N)C(=O)O
InChI: InChI=1S/C5H11NO2S/c1-9-3-2-4(6)5(7)8/h4H,2-3,6H2,1H3,(H,7,8)
InChIKey: FFEARJCKVFRZRR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Measured properties

Published measurements, each with its source. Two readings of one property are both shown, in the units each used.

Boiling Point: 300.00 to 301.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hgmeasured · Human Metabolome Database (HMDB)
Melting Point: 281 °Cmeasured · Human Metabolome Database (HMDB)
Density: Relative density (water = 1): 1.3measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Solubility: 32.7 mg/mL at 25 °Cmeasured · Human Metabolome Database (HMDB); Solubility in water, g/100ml at 20 °C: 4.8measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure, not from a sample; kept apart from the measurements above.

Molecular weight: 149.21 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 149.05104977 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3: -1.9calculated · reference compound database; Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area: 88.6 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 97calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 2calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 4calculated · reference compound database
logP: 0.1514calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 63.32 Å²calculated · chemistry engine; Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors: 2calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors: 3calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds: 4calculated · chemistry engine; Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity: 38.6102 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine; Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons: 0.8calculated · chemistry engine; Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness: 0.597calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

C Carbon5 atoms · 40.2% by mass
S Sulfur1 atom · 21.5% by mass
O Oxygen2 atoms · 21.4% by mass
N Nitrogen1 atom · 9.4% by mass
H Hydrogen11 atoms · 7.4% by mass

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded: 9
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 20
Rings: 0
Aromatic rings: 0
Stereocentres: 1
Formal charge: 0

Functional groups

Carboxylic acid
A carbon double-bonded to oxygen and bonded to an –OH group; acidic.
Primary amine
Nitrogen bonded to one carbon and two hydrogens.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

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The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves (+-)-Methionine yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is 2-amino-4-methylsulfanylbutanoic acid.

The sources also call it DL-METHIONINE, Racemethionine, Acimetion, Lobamine, Urimeth, DL-Methioninum, Methionine, DL-, 2-amino-4-methylsulfanylbutanoic acid, 2-amino-4-(methylsulfanyl)butanoic acid, FEMA No. 3301, Methionine, amorphous.

Structurally related

Molecules sharing this formula, or whose fingerprint is at least 40% similar to this one. Similarity is Tanimoto on Morgan fingerprints over this library only — it is a measure of structural overlap, not of how alike they behave.

(+-)-Penicillamine

C5H11NO2S

Where these values came from

reference compound database876
compound record
chemistry engine
structure perception

compound record.

What this page does not claim

Identifiers are copied from the source record, measured values are reported as published, and calculated values are marked as calculated. Nothing here is a hazard, purity or handling assessment — how the library is checked.