Isonipecotic acid

Isonipecotic acid
Skeletal formula of isonipecotic acid
Skeletal formula of isonipecotic acid
Ball-and-stick model
Ball-and-stick model
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Piperidine-4-carboxylic acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.007.158 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 207-872-3
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C6H11NO2/c8-6(9)5-1-3-7-4-2-5/h5,7H,1-4H2,(H,8,9) ☒N
    Key: SRJOCJYGOFTFLH-UHFFFAOYSA-N ☒N
  • InChI=1/C6H11NO2/c8-6(9)5-1-3-7-4-2-5/h5,7H,1-4H2,(H,8,9)
    Key: SRJOCJYGOFTFLH-UHFFFAOYAD
  • C1CNCCC1C(=O)O
Properties
C6H11NO2
Molar mass 129.16 g/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Isonipecotic acid is a heterocyclic compound which acts as a GABAA receptor partial agonist.[1]

It consists of a piperidine ring with a carboxylic acid moiety in the iso position (and as such is also known as "4-piperidinecarboxylic acid").

  1. ^ Mortensen M, Kristiansen U, Ebert B, Frølund B, Krogsgaard-Larsen P, Smart TG (June 2004). "Activation of single heteromeric GABA(A) receptor ion channels by full and partial agonists". The Journal of Physiology. 557 (Pt 2): 389–413. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2003.054734. PMC 1665090. PMID 14990676.