Arginine (data page)

September 26th, 2008

The complete data for Arginine



General information

Chemical formula: C6H14N4O
Molar mass: 174.2 g·mol-1
Systematic name:
2-amino-5-(diaminomethylidene amino)pentanoic acid
Abbreviations: R, Arg
Synonyms:
2-amino-5-guanidinopentanoic acid
2-amino-5-guanidinovaleric acid
AIDS{-}121865
AIDS{-}159840
Argamine
Arginin
Argivene
CHEBI:29016
CHEMBANK2983
Detoxargin
Harg
Levargin
Minophagen A
R-Gene

Database data

SMILES: NC(=N)NCCCC(N)C(=O)O
InChI=1/C6H14N4O2/c7-4(5(11)12)2-1-3-10-6(8)9/h4H,1-3,7H2,(H,11,12)(H4,8,9,10)/f/h11H,8-9H2

 ATC: N/A
 CAS:
157-06-2 (D), 74-79-3 (L) 
 DrugBank: N/A
 EINECS:
205-866-5 (D)
 PubChem:
71070 (D)

Physical properties

Structure

Crystal data
Spectral data

UV-Vis
IR
NMR
MS

Phase behavior

Solid properties
ρsolid: 1.1 g.cm-3
Tm: 244 °C

Liquid properties

Gas properties

Hazard properties

MSDS N/A
Main hazards:
- N/A

NFPA 704

Flash point
- N/A

R/S statement
R: N/A
S: N/A

RTECS number:
N/A

Chemical properties

XLogP: -3.878
pI: 10.76
pKa: 2.03; 9.00; 12.10
Tautomers: 2
Hydrogen bond: donor - 4;   acceptor - 6;

Pharmacological properties

Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

References

  1. a  EINECS number 205-866-5 ((-)-D-arginine hydrate)
  2. a  EINECS number 200-811-1 (for L-arginine)
  3. a  CID 71070 from PubChem (D-arginine)
  4. a  CID 6322 from PubChem (L-arginine)

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The 20 Common Amino Acids (”dp” = data page)

Branched-chain amino acids

Isoleucine (dp) | Leucine (dp) | Valine (dp)

Non Branch-chain

Alanine (dp) | Arginine (dp) | Asparagine (dp) | Aspartic acid (dp) | Cysteine (dp) | Glutamic acid (dp) | Glutamine (dp) | Glycine (dp) | Histidine (dp) | Lysine (dp) | Methionine (dp) | Phenylalanine (dp) | Proline (dp) | Serine (dp) | Threonine (dp) | Tryptophan (dp) | Tyrosine (dp)

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