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carnitine

C7H15NO3

Carnitine has the molecular formula C7H15NO3 and a molar mass of 161.2 g/mol.

Properties

Molecular formulaC7H15NO3
Molar mass161.2 g/mol
Exact (monoisotopic) mass161.10519 g/mol
logP (octanol–water)-0.2
Topological polar surface area60.4 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors / acceptors1 / 3
Heavy atoms11
InChIKeyPHIQHXFUZVPYII-UHFFFAOYSA-N
IUPAC name3-hydroxy-4-(trimethylazaniumyl)butanoate

Elemental composition

26 atoms across 4 elements, by mass.

ElementAtomsPercent by mass
Carbon (C)752.16%
Oxygen (O)329.77%
Hydrogen (H)159.38%
Nitrogen (N)18.69%

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Molar mass and elemental composition are computed from IUPAC 2021 conventional atomic weights. Formula, exact mass and the computed descriptors come from PubChem, which is US government work and in the public domain. Melting point, boiling point and density come from Wikidata under CC0. Properties with no figure shown are absent from those sources rather than zero.