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L-threonine

72-19-5C4H9NO3119.12 g/mol

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

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number72-19-5ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC4H9NO3ChEBI ↗
Molar mass119.12 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass119.05824 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:16857ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass119.12 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass119.058243149 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP-2.9PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)83.6PubChem ↗
H-bond donors3PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors4PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds2PubChem ↗

PubChem computed values are shown separately from the ChEBI record. An exact InChIKey match was used to connect the records. Molecular descriptors do not describe a supplied product’s purity, particle size or performance.

Names & structural identifiers

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L-threonine
L-threonine
AYFVYJQAPQTCCC-GBXIJSLDSA-N
C[C@@H](O)[C@H](N)C(=O)O
InChI=1S/C4H9NO3/c1-2(6)3(5)4(7)8/h2-3,6H,5H2,1H3,(H,7,8)/t2-,3+/m1/s1

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

micronutrientnutraceuticalmouse metaboliteSaccharomyces cerevisiae metaboliteplant metaboliteEscherichia coli metabolitehuman metabolitealgal metabolite

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

Calculated from sourced mass
Equivalent amount
0.0083949 mol

Uses 119.12 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 · 4 atoms
40.33%
O
Oxygen · 3 atoms
40.29%
N
Nitrogen · 1 atom
11.76%
H
Hydrogen · 9 atoms
7.62%

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
The threonine story. ↗Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology · 2003 · PMID 12523390

Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:16857

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 6288 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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