Skip to content

histidine

C6H9N3O2

Histidine has the molecular formula C6H9N3O2 and a molar mass of 155.15 g/mol and a melting point of 287 °C.

Properties

Molecular formulaC6H9N3O2
Molar mass155.15 g/mol
Exact (monoisotopic) mass155.06948 g/mol
Melting point287 °C
logP (octanol–water)-3.2
Topological polar surface area92 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors / acceptors3 / 4
Heavy atoms11
InChIKeyHNDVDQJCIGZPNO-YFKPBYRVSA-N
IUPAC name(2S)-2-amino-3-(1H-imidazol-5-yl)propanoic acid

Elemental composition

20 atoms across 4 elements, by mass.

ElementAtomsPercent by mass
Carbon (C)646.45%
Nitrogen (N)327.08%
Oxygen (O)220.62%
Hydrogen (H)95.85%

Calculate with histidine

Related compounds

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.