Term Name: | (S)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid |
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Synonyms: | (2S)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid, (S)-(+)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid, (S)-(+)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid, 2-hydroxy-3-methyl-(S)-(+)-butyric acid, A-hydroxyisovaleric acid, L-(+)-2-hydroxyisovaleric acid, L-(+)-alpha-hydroxyisovaleric acid |
Definition: | The S-enantiomer of 2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid. It is used as a chiral building block for peptide synthesis. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:60631] ( EBI ) |