HOCPCA

HOCPCA
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
3-Hydroxycyclopent-1-ene-1-carboxylic acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
  • InChI=1S/C6H8O3/c7-5-2-1-4(3-5)6(8)9/h3,5,7H,1-2H2,(H,8,9)
    Key: VKJGQKRRULDFCI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • C1CC(=CC1O)C(=O)O
Properties
C6H8O3
Molar mass 128.127 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

HOCPCA (3-hydroxycyclopent-1-enecarboxylic acid) is a compound with an affinity for the GHB receptor 39 times greater than that of GHB itself.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Wellendorph P, Høg S, Greenwood JR, de Lichtenberg A, Nielsen B, Frølund B, Brehm L, Clausen RP, Bräuner-Osborne H (2005). "Novel Cyclic γ-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) Analogs with High Affinity and Stereoselectivity of Binding to GHB Sites in Rat Brain". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 315 (1): 346–351. doi:10.1124/jpet.105.090472. PMID 16014570.


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