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L-histidine

71-00-1C6H9N3O2155.157 g/mol

The L-enantiomer of the amino acid histidine. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number71-00-1ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC6H9N3O2ChEBI ↗
Molar mass155.157 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass155.06948 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:15971ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass155.15 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass155.069476538 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP-3.2PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)92PubChem ↗
H-bond donors3PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors4PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds3PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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L-histidine
(2S)-2-amino-3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)propanoic acid
HNDVDQJCIGZPNO-YFKPBYRVSA-N
N[C@@H](Cc1cncn1)C(=O)O
InChI=1S/C6H9N3O2/c7-5(6(10)11)1-4-2-8-3-9-4/h2-3,5H,1,7H2,(H,8,9)(H,10,11)/t5-/m0/s1

Names & synonyms

(2S)-2-amino-3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)propanoic 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

micronutrientnutraceuticalmouse metaboliteSaccharomyces cerevisiae metaboliteEscherichia coli metabolitehuman metabolitealgal metabolite

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00644508 mol

Uses 155.157 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 · 6 atoms
46.45%
N
Nitrogen · 3 atoms
27.08%
O
Oxygen · 2 atoms
20.62%
H
Hydrogen · 9 atoms
5.85%

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
Effect of amino acids on aggregation behaviour of sodium deoxycholate in solution: a fluorescence study. ↗Luminescence : the journal of biological and chemical luminescence · 2012 Jan-Feb · PMID 21608102

Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:15971

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 6274 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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