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L-ornithine

70-26-8C5H12N2O2132.163 g/mol

An optically active form of ornithine having L-configuration. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number70-26-8ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC5H12N2O2ChEBI ↗
Molar mass132.163 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass132.08988 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:15729ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass132.16 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass132.089877630 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP-4.4PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)89.3PubChem ↗
H-bond donors3PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors4PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds4PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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L-ornithine
(2S)-2,5-diaminopentanoic acid
AHLPHDHHMVZTML-BYPYZUCNSA-N
NCCC[C@H](N)C(=O)O
InChI=1S/C5H12N2O2/c6-3-1-2-4(7)5(8)9/h4H,1-3,6-7H2,(H,8,9)/t4-/m0/s1

Names & synonyms

(2S)-2,5-diaminopentanoic acid

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Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

hepatoprotective agentmouse metabolitealgal metabolite

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00756641 mol

Uses 132.163 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 · 5 atoms
45.44%
O
Oxygen · 2 atoms
24.21%
N
Nitrogen · 2 atoms
21.20%
H
Hydrogen · 12 atoms
9.15%

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:15729

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 6262 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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