glycolic acid (CHEBI:17497)

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ChEBI Name	glycolic acid

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:17497

Definition	A 2-hydroxy monocarboxylic acid that is acetic acid where the methyl group has been hydroxylated.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:42865, CHEBI:5475, CHEBI:24390

Supplier Information	No supplier information found for this compound.

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Glycolic acid (or hydroxyacetic acid; chemical formula HOCH2CO2H) is a colorless, odorless and hygroscopic crystalline solid, highly soluble in water. It is used in various skin-care products. Glycolic acid is widespread in nature. A glycolate (sometimes spelled "glycollate") is a salt or ester of glycolic acid.
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Formula

C2H4O3

Net Charge

Average Mass

76.05136

Monoisotopic Mass

76.01604

InChI

InChI=1S/C2H4O3/c3-1-2(4)5/h3H,1H2,(H,4,5)

InChIKey

AEMRFAOFKBGASW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

OCC(O)=O

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	Bronsted acid A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base). (via oxoacid )

Biological Role(s):	metabolite Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites.

Application(s):	keratolytic drug A drug that softens, separates, and causes desquamation of the cornified epithelium or horny layer of skin. Keratolytic drugs are used to expose mycelia of infecting fungi or to treat corns, warts, and certain other skin diseases.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	glycolic acid (CHEBI:17497) has functional parent acetic acid (CHEBI:15366) glycolic acid (CHEBI:17497) has role keratolytic drug (CHEBI:50176) glycolic acid (CHEBI:17497) has role metabolite (CHEBI:25212) glycolic acid (CHEBI:17497) is a 2-hydroxy monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:49302) glycolic acid (CHEBI:17497) is a primary alcohol (CHEBI:15734) glycolic acid (CHEBI:17497) is conjugate acid of glycolate (CHEBI:29805)

Incoming	(benzyloxy)acetic acid (CHEBI:180539) has functional parent glycolic acid (CHEBI:17497) 2-phosphoglycolic acid (CHEBI:17150) has functional parent glycolic acid (CHEBI:17497) caffeoylglycolic acid methyl ester (CHEBI:65548) has functional parent glycolic acid (CHEBI:17497) glycolate ester (CHEBI:37938) has functional parent glycolic acid (CHEBI:17497) phenoxyacetic acid (CHEBI:8075) has functional parent glycolic acid (CHEBI:17497) phosphoglycolohydroxamic acid (CHEBI:28475) has functional parent glycolic acid (CHEBI:17497) ureidoglycolic acid (CHEBI:49050) has functional parent glycolic acid (CHEBI:17497) glycolate (CHEBI:29805) is conjugate base of glycolic acid (CHEBI:17497)

IUPAC Name

hydroxyacetic acid

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Last Modified

27 September 2021