Chemical substance record

Sarcosine

107-97-1C₃H₇NO₂89.094 g/mol

Organic/Inorganic Small MoleculeChEBI source record

A N-alkylglycine that is the N-methyl derivative of glycine. It is an intermediate in the metabolic pathway of glycine. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values

CAS number	107-97-1	ChEBI ↗
Molecular formula	C₃H₇NO₂	ChEBI ↗
Molar mass	89.094 g/mol	ChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass	89.04768 Da	ChEBI ↗
Formal charge	0	ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifier	CHEBI:15611	ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

PubChem

Molar mass	89.09 g/mol	PubChem ↗
Exact mass	89.047678466 Da	PubChem ↗
Computed XLogP	-2.8	PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Å²)	49.3	PubChem ↗
H-bond donors	2	PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors	3	PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds	2	PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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Source preferred name

sarcosine

IUPAC name

sarcosine

InChIKey

FSYKKLYZXJSNPZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

CNCC(=O)O

InChI

InChI=1S/C3H7NO2/c1-4-2-3(5)6/h4H,2H2,1H3,(H,5,6)

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

N-methyl-amino acidChEBI parent class · 21760 ↗N-methylglycinesChEBI parent class · 21766 ↗N-alkylglycineChEBI parent class · 66933 ↗

carboxylic acid amino acid organic molecular entity

Roles recorded in ChEBI

antidepressantantipsychotic agentglycine transporter 1 inhibitorglycine receptor agonistmouse metaboliteEscherichia coli metabolitehuman metabolite

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Amount

Input unit

Equivalent amount

0.0112241 mol

Uses 89.094 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions

C

Carbon · 3 atoms

40.44%

O

Oxygen · 2 atoms

35.91%

N

Nitrogen · 1 atom

15.72%

H

Hydrogen · 7 atoms

7.92%

Calculated theoretical mass fractions from the reported formula and PubChem periodic-table atomic masses. These are not assay or purity results.

Research & patent references

Selected source associations

5-Aminolaevulinic acid methyl ester transport on amino acid carriers in a human colon adenocarcinoma cell line. ↗Photochemistry and photobiology · 2001 Feb · PMID 11272730

Beta-alanine and taurine as endogenous agonists at glycine receptors in rat hippocampus in vitro. ↗The Journal of physiology · 2002 Feb 15 · PMID 11850512

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026

Identity, formula, mass, synonyms & ontologyEMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:15611

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

Additional molecular descriptorsNCBI PubChem · CID 1088 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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