Met

Salts []
Methionine hydrochloride

Esters []
Methionine acetate

Molecular structure via molpic
Conformer structure via 3Dmol.js
Molecular formula	C5H11NO2S[1]
Molecular mass	149.21 g/mol[1]
Density	Relative density (water = 1): 1.3 g/cm3[1]
Predicted LogP	-1.9[1]
Melting point	281 °C[1]
Boiling point	300.00 to 301.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg[1]
Decomposition	281 °C[1]
Solubility	32.7 mg/mL at 25 °C[1]
Chirality	racemic[2]

Identifiers []
IUPAC name	2-amino-4-methylsulfanylbutanoic acid[1]
SMILES	CSCCC(C(=O)O)N[1]
InChI	InChI=1S/C5H11NO2S/c1-9-3-2-4(6)5(7)8/h4H,2-3,6H2,1H3,(H,7,8)[1]
InChIKey	FFEARJCKVFRZRR-UHFFFAOYSA-N[1]

Dosing

Methionine

(Redirected from L-Methionine)

Methionine (also known as Racemethionine, Acimetion, Lobamine, Urimeth, DL-Methioninum, FEMA No. 3301, CCRIS 3717, AI3-18475, Padameth or Methio-Form) is a substance of the amino acid class.

Chemistry

Methionine is typically found in the form of its hydrochloride salt or its acetate ester.

Stereochemistry

DL-Methionine is a racemic mixture of the logical stereoisomers:

Stereoisomers []
D-Methionine L-Methionine DL-Methionine

See also

• Substituted amino acids
• Anodyne

External links

• Methionine (Wikipedia)
• Methionine / D-Methionine / L-Methionine (Wikidata)
• Methionine / D-Methionine / L-Methionine (DrugBank)
• Methionine / D-Methionine / L-Methionine (PubChem)
• Methionine / D-Methionine / L-Methionine (ChEMBL)
• Methionine / D-Methionine / L-Methionine (ChEBI)
• Methionine / D-Methionine / L-Methionine (Common Chemistry)
• Methionine / L-Methionine (HMDB)
• Methionine / D-Methionine / L-Methionine (KEGG)
• Methionine / D-Methionine / L-Methionine (UNII)
• Methionine / D-Methionine / L-Methionine (EPA DSSTox)