CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
| Physical Description | Highly hygroscopic solid; [Merck Index] Crystalline solid; [Alfa Aesar MSDS] |
|---|---|
| Color/Form | White, crystalline, hygroscopic powder |
| Melting Point | 195-198 |
| Solubility | 2500 mg/mL |
| Optical Rotation | The specific optical rotation is between -29 and -32 |
| Dissociation Constants | 3.8 |
| Collision Cross Section | 133.1 Ų [M+H]+ [CCS Type: DT, Method: single field calibrated with Agilent tune mix (Agilent)] |
| Chemical Classes | Biological Agents -> Amino Acids and Derivatives |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
| Molecular Weight | 161.20 g/mol |
|---|---|
| XLogP3 | -0.2 |
| Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 1 |
| Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 3 |
| Rotatable Bond Count | 3 |
| Exact Mass | 161.10519334 g/mol |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 161.10519334 g/mol |
| Topological Polar Surface Area | 60.4 Ų |
| Heavy Atom Count | 11 |
| Formal Charge | 0 |
| Complexity | 134 |
| Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
| Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 1 |
| Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 1 |
| Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
description
(R)-carnitine is the (R)-enantiomer of carnitine. It has a role as an antilipemic drug, a water-soluble vitamin (role), a nutraceutical, a nootropic agent and a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite. It is a conjugate base of a (R)-carnitinium. It is an enantiomer of a (S)-carnitine.