Succinic semialdehyde

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Succinic semialdehyde
Succinic semialdehyde.png
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
4-Oxobutanoic acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
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KEGG
MeSH Succinic+semialdehyde
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C4H6O3/c5-3-1-2-4(6)7/h3H,1-2H2,(H,6,7) checkY
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  • InChI=1/C4H6O3/c5-3-1-2-4(6)7/h3H,1-2H2,(H,6,7)
    Key: UIUJIQZEACWQSV-UHFFFAOYAS
  • O=CCCC(=O)O
Properties
C4H6O3
Molar mass 102.089 g/mol
Appearance oil
Boiling point 135 °C (275 °F; 408 K) at 14 mmHg
soluble in water, ethanol, benzene, diethyl ether[1]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Succinic semialdehyde (SSA) is a GABA metabolite. It is formed from GABA by the action of GABA transaminase and further oxidised to become succinic acid, which enters TCA cycle.

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References[]

  1. ^ Lide, David R. (1998), Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.), Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, pp. 3–446, ISBN 0-8493-0594-2


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