Skip to Content
Merck
All Photos(1)

Key Documents

View All Documentation

N22908

Sigma-Aldrich

3-Nitropropionic acid

97%

Synonym(s):

β-Nitropropionic acid, 3-Nitropropanoic acid, Bovinocidin, Hiptagenic acid

Sign Into View Organizational & Contract Pricing
All Photos(1)

About This Item

Linear Formula:
O2N(CH2)2CO2H
CAS Number:
504-88-1
Molecular Weight:
119.08
Beilstein:
1759889
EC Number:
208-003-0
MDL number:
MFCD00007406
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
PubChem Substance ID:
329818412
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

100

Assay

97%

form

crystals

mp

68-70 °C (lit.)

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

OC(CC[N+]([O-])=O)=O

InChI

1S/C3H5NO4/c5-3(6)1-2-4(7)8/h1-2H2,(H,5,6)

InChI key

WBLZUCOIBUDNBV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Looking for similar products? Visit Product Comparison Guide

Biochem/physiol Actions

Excitotoxin shown to cause brain lesions similar to those of Huntington′s disease.

replaced by

Product No.
Description
Pricing

Pictograms

Skull and crossbones
GHS06

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H301

Precautionary Statements

P301 + P330 + P331 + P310

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Search for Certificates of Analysis (COA) by entering the products Lot/Batch Number. Lot and Batch Numbers can be found on a product’s label following the words ‘Lot’ or ‘Batch’.

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Tohru Yamamori et al.
Free radical biology & medicine, 53(2), 260-270 (2012-05-15)
Whereas ionizing radiation (Ir) instantaneously causes the formation of water radiolysis products that contain some reactive oxygen species (ROS), ROS are also suggested to be released from biological sources in irradiated cells. It is now becoming clear that these ROS
Emmanuel Brouillet et al.
Journal of neurochemistry, 95(6), 1521-1540 (2005-11-23)
Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a mutation in the gene encoding Huntingtin. The mechanisms underlying the preferential degeneration of the striatum, the most striking neuropathological change in HD, are unknown. Of those probably involved, mitochondrial defects
E Brouillet et al.
Current opinion in neurology, 8(6), 469-473 (1995-12-01)
Compelling evidence suggests that a defect in energy metabolism may play a role in the pathogenesis of various degenerative disorders including Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease. The behavioural and neuropathological consequences in primates of chronic systemic administration of mitochondrial toxins
Wang-Tso Lee et al.
Progress in neurobiology, 72(2), 87-110 (2004-04-06)
Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease, in which there is progressive motor and cognitive deterioration, and for which the pathogenesis of neuronal death remains controversial. Mitochondrial toxins like 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) and malonate, functioning as the inhibitors of
Esther T Menze et al.
Neurotoxicology, 33(5), 1265-1275 (2012-08-02)
Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder with a spectrum of cognitive, behavioral, and motor abnormalities. The mitochondrial toxin 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) effectively induces specific behavioral changes, primarily manifested as prepulse inhibition (PPI) deficit of acoustic startle stimuli, and
View All Related Papers

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service