Arginine

Esters []
Arginine acetate

Arginine propionate

Arginine stearate

Arginine palmitate

Molecular structure via molpic based on CDK

Conformer []

Conformer structure via 3Dmol.js

Physical properties []
Molecular mass	174.20 g/mol ^[1]
Predicted LogP	-4.2 ^[1]

Structural Identifiers []
Molecular formula	C₆H₁₄N₄O₂ ^[1]
IUPAC name	2-amino-5-(diaminomethylideneamino)pentanoic acid ^[1]
SMILES	C(CC(C(=O)O)N)CN=C(N)N ^[1]
InChI	InChI=1S/C6H14N4O2/c7-4(5(11)12)2-1-3-10-6(8)9/h4H,1-3,7H2,(H,11,12)(H4,8,9,10) ^[1]
InChIKey	ODKSFYDXXFIFQN-UHFFFAOYSA-N ^[1]

Arginine

Arginine (also known as DL-Arginine, 7200-25-1, (+-)-Arginine, CCRIS 8597, DL-2-amino-5-guanidovaleric acid, 2-azaniumyl-5-(diaminomethylideneamino)pentanoate, 230-571-3, 2-amino-5-(diaminomethylideneazaniumyl)pentanoate, 2-amino-5-guanidinopentanoic acid or L(+)-Arginine) is a substance of the amino acid class.

Chemistry

Salts and Esters []

Arginine is typically found in the form of its aspartate, acetate, dihydrate, nitrate, citrate, hydrochloride and malate salts

or its acetate, propionate, stearate and palmitate esters.

Stereochemistry []

DL-Arginine is a racemic mixture of the logical stereoisomers

Anodyne

Arginine

Chemistry

Salts and Esters []

Stereochemistry []

See also []