Chemical Component Summary

Name(2S,3R,4E)-2-aminooctadec-4-ene-1,3-diol
SynonymsD-Sphingosine
Identifiers(E,2S,3R)-2-azanyloctadec-4-ene-1,3-diol
FormulaC18 H37 N O2
Molecular Weight299.492
TypeNON-POLYMER
Isomeric SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCC/C=C/[C@H]([C@H](CO)N)O
InChIInChI=1S/C18H37NO2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-18(21)17(19)16-20/h14-15,17-18,20-21H,2-13,16,19H2,1H3/b15-14+/t17-,18+/m0/s1
InChIKeyWWUZIQQURGPMPG-KRWOKUGFSA-N

Chemical Details

Formal Charge0
Atom Count58
Chiral Atom Count2
Bond Count57
Aromatic Bond Count0

Drug Info: DrugBank

DrugBank IDDB03203 
NameSphingosine
Groups experimental
DescriptionAn amino alcohol with a long unsaturated hydrocarbon chain. Sphingosine and its derivative sphinganine are the major bases of the sphingolipids in mammals. (Dorland, 28th ed)
SynonymsSphingosine
Categories
  • Alcohols
  • Amines
  • Amino Alcohols
  • Glycols
  • P-glycoprotein substrates
CAS number123-78-4
Drug Info/Drug Targets: DrugBank 3.0: a comprehensive resource for 'omics' research on drugs. Knox C, Law V, Jewison T, Liu P, Ly S, Frolkis A, Pon A, Banco K, Mak C, Neveu V, Djoumbou Y, Eisner R, Guo AC, Wishart DS. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan; 39 (Database issue):D1035-41. | PMID:21059682

Related Resource References

Resource NameReference
PubChem 5280335
ChEMBL CHEMBL67166
ChEBI CHEBI:26743, CHEBI:16393