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(R)-carnitine

541-15-1C7H15NO3161.201 g/mol

The (R)-enantiomer of carnitine. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number541-15-1ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC7H15NO3ChEBI ↗
Molar mass161.201 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass161.10519 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:16347ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass161.20 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass161.10519334 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP-0.2PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)60.4PubChem ↗
H-bond donors1PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors3PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds3PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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(R)-carnitine
(3R)-3-hydroxy-4-(trimethylammonio)butanoate
PHIQHXFUZVPYII-ZCFIWIBFSA-N
C[N+](C)(C)C[C@H](O)CC(=O)[O-]
InChI=1S/C7H15NO3/c1-8(2,3)5-6(9)4-7(10)11/h6,9H,4-5H2,1-3H3/t6-/m1/s1

Names & synonyms

(3R)-3-hydroxy-4-(trimethylammonio)butanoateCarnicorCarniteneCarnitor

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Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

antiviral agentrenoprotective agentwater-soluble vitamin (role)antibacterial agenthypoglycemic agentcardiovascular drugantineoplastic agentantilipemic drugimmunosuppressive agentantirheumatic drug

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00620344 mol

Uses 161.201 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 · 7 atoms
52.16%
O
Oxygen · 3 atoms
29.77%
H
Hydrogen · 15 atoms
9.38%
N
Nitrogen · 1 atom
8.69%

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:16347

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 10917 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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