Constituent
Name
Seleno DL-methionine (SeMet)
Official name
Selenomethionine
Family
molecular solid
Class
hydrogen bonded molecular solid
Compound type
organic molecular solid
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0
Chemical composition
Formula
$CH_3Se(CH2)_2CH(NH_2)COOH$
Chemical formula
CH3SeC3H5(NH2)COOH
Elemental formula
C5 H11 O2 N Se
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$CH_3Se(CH_2)_2CH(NH_2)COOH$ Selenomethionine molecule 1 1.0 1 pure main
Chemical functions
  Function Number Relevance
$R-CH_3$ 1 main
$R-CH_2-R$ 1 main
$R-NH_2$ 1 main
$R-C(=O)-OH$ 1 main
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number Relevance
$-O \dots H-$ 3
$\geq C-H$ 8 main
$-O-H$ 1 main
$>N-H$ 2 main
$\geq C-Se-$ 2 main
$\geq C-C \leq$ 2 main
$\eqslantgtr C-C\leq$ 1 main
$\geq C-N<$ 1 main
$>C=O$ 1 main
$\eqslantgtr C-O-$ 1 main
Class
molecular solids with hydrogen bonded molecules (03)
Phase type
crystalline
Texture
polycrystalline
Molar mass
196.11 $g/mol$