Molecular Identity
6-Aminohexanoic Acid
6-aminohexanoic acid
PubChem CID: 564
6-aminohexanoic acid is an -amino acid comprising hexanoic acid carrying an amino substituent at position C-6. Used to control postoperative bleeding, and to treat overdose effects of the thrombolytic agents streptokinase and tissue plasminogen activator. It has a role as a metabolite, an antifibrinolytic drug and a hematologic agent. It is an epsilon-amino acid and an omega-amino fatty acid. It is functionally related to a hexanoic acid. It is a conjugate acid of a 6-aminohexanoate. It is a tautomer of a 6-aminohexanoic acid zwitterion.
2D Structure
Properties
C6H13NO2
Molecular Formula
131.17
Molecular Weight
g/mol
131.0946
Exact Mass
Da
-3
XLogP
Drug-like (Lipinski: < 5)
63.3
TPSA
Good oral absorption (< 140 A²)
2
H-Bond Donors
3
H-Bond Acceptors
83
Complexity
SMILES
Canonical SMILES
SMILES: C(CCC(=O)O)CCNIsomeric SMILES
SMILES: C(CCC(=O)O)CCNSynonyms(20)
6-aminohexanoic acid6-Aminocaproic acidaminocaproic acid60-32-2Hexanoic acid, 6-amino-AcepramineEpsicapronEpsilcapraminCapramolCaprolisinAcepraminHemoparIpsilonRespraminAmikar
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