Methylselenocysteine | SSHADE

Molecule

Name: Methylselenocysteine

Name and identifiers

IUPAC name: 3-(Methylselanyl)-L-alanine
Secondary names: Selenocysteine, Se-methylseleno-L-cysteine, L-Methylselenocysteine, Se-Methylselenocysteine
InChI: InChI=1S/C4H9NO2Se/c1-8-2-3(5)4(6)7/h3H,2,5H2,1H3,(H,6,7)/t3-/m0/s1
InChI key: XDSSPSLGNGIIHP-VKHMYHEASA-N
CAS number: 26046-90-2

Structure and atomic composition

Formula: $CH_3SeCH_2CH(NH_2)COOH$
Chemical formula: C4H9NO2Se
Structural formula: [CH3][Se][CH2][CH](C(=O)[OH])[NH2]
Charge: 0

	Atom	Name	Number
	$C$	Carbon	4
	$H$	Hydrogen	9
	$O$	Oxygen	2
	$N$	Nitrogen	1
	$Se$	Selenium	1

Relations

enantiomer

Isotopic composition

Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

Nuclear spin isomers

Spin type: equilibrated

Molar mass: 182.08 $g/mol$
State STP: solid
State NTP: solid
Protic: protic
Polarity: polar

Fundamental vibration modes

Molecule symmetry: unknown
Case: nonlinear-polyatomic

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number
	$R-CH_3$	1
	$R-NH_2$	1
	$R-C(=O)-OH$	1

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$\geq C-H$	6
	$-O-H$	1
	$>N-H$	2
	$\geq C-Se-$	2
	$\geq C-C \leq$	1
	$\eqslantgtr C-C\leq$	1
	$\geq C-N<$	1
	$>C=O$	1
	$\eqslantgtr C-O-$	1

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