Chemical Component Summary

NameBETAINE ALDEHYDE
Synonyms[FORMYLMETHYL]TRIMETHYL-AMMONIUM; N,N,N-TRIMETHYL AMMONIUM ACETALDEHYDE
Identifierstrimethyl-(2-oxoethyl)azanium
FormulaC5 H12 N O
Molecular Weight102.155
TypeNON-POLYMER
Isomeric SMILESC[N+](C)(C)CC=O
InChIInChI=1S/C5H12NO/c1-6(2,3)4-5-7/h5H,4H2,1-3H3/q+1
InChIKeySXKNCCSPZDCRFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Chemical Details

Formal Charge1
Atom Count19
Chiral Atom Count0
Bond Count18
Aromatic Bond Count0

Drug Info: DrugBank

DrugBank IDDB04401 
NameBetaine aldehyde
Groups experimental
Synonyms
  • Betaine aldehyde
  • Glycine betaine aldehyde
Categories
  • Amines
  • Onium Compounds
  • Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
  • Trimethyl Ammonium Compounds
CAS number7418-61-3

Drug Targets

NameTarget SequencePharmacological ActionActions
Gamma-aminobutyraldehyde dehydrogenaseMQHKLLINGELVSGEGEKQPVYNPATGDVLLEIAEASAEQVDAAVRAADA...unknown
Drug Info/Drug Targets: DrugBank 3.0: a comprehensive resource for 'omics' research on drugs. Knox C, Law V, Jewison T, Liu P, Ly S, Frolkis A, Pon A, Banco K, Mak C, Neveu V, Djoumbou Y, Eisner R, Guo AC, Wishart DS. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan; 39 (Database issue):D1035-41. | PMID:21059682

Related Resource References

Resource NameReference
PubChem 249
ChEMBL CHEMBL1231491
ChEBI CHEBI:15710