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L-phenylalanine

63-91-2C9H11NO2165.192 g/mol

The L-enantiomer of phenylalanine. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number63-91-2ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC9H11NO2ChEBI ↗
Molar mass165.192 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass165.07898 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:17295ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass165.19 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass165.078978594 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP-1.5PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)63.3PubChem ↗
H-bond donors2PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors3PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds3PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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L-phenylalanine
(2S)-2-amino-3-phenylpropanoic acid
COLNVLDHVKWLRT-QMMMGPOBSA-N
N[C@@H](Cc1ccccc1)C(=O)O
InChI=1S/C9H11NO2/c10-8(9(11)12)6-7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5,8H,6,10H2,(H,11,12)/t8-/m0/s1

Names & synonyms

(2S)-2-amino-3-phenylpropanoic acid

Names are supplied by ChEBI. Trade names and related synonyms may describe a broader product context.

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

micronutrientnutraceuticalEC 3.1.3.1 (alkaline phosphatase) inhibitormouse metaboliteSaccharomyces cerevisiae metaboliteplant metabolitehuman xenobiotic metaboliteEscherichia coli metabolitealgal metabolite

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

Calculated from sourced mass
Equivalent amount
0.00605356 mol

Uses 165.192 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 · 9 atoms
65.44%
O
Oxygen · 2 atoms
19.37%
N
Nitrogen · 1 atom
8.48%
H
Hydrogen · 11 atoms
6.71%

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

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:17295

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 6140 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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