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Pharmaceutical impurity4-hydroxybutanesulfonic acid
4-hydroxybutanesulfonic acid is listed in the pharmaceutical impurity collection under CAS 26978-64-3. Its represented structure has formula C4H10O4S and a calculated molecular weight of 154.19 g/mol.
2D chemical structure
Chemical identity
- Catalog name
- 4-hydroxybutanesulfonic acid
- Common name
- 4-hydroxybutanesulfonic acid
- Chemical name
- 4-hydroxybutane-1-sulfonic acid
- CAS
- 26978-64-3
- SMILES
- O=S(=O)(O)CCCCO
- InChI
- InChI=1S/C4H10O4S/c5-3-1-2-4-9(6,7)8/h5H,1-4H2,(H,6,7,8)
- InChIKey
- YEGPVWSPNYPPIK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Record ID: Afe34d748bf09
Computed properties
C4H10O4S Molecular formula
154.187 g/molMolecular weight
154.03 DaMonoisotopic exact mass
74.6 ŲTopological polar surface area
-0.3533 Calculated LogP (Wildman–Crippen)
32.7354 cm³/molMolar refractivity (Wildman–Crippen)
3 countHydrogen-bond acceptors
2 countHydrogen-bond donors
Descriptors are calculated from the displayed SMILES. Calculated LogP is not a measured partition coefficient or a pH-specific LogD.
Molecular descriptor profile
Structural feature counts
Element composition
Radar scale: 0–100 percentile within 25,771 distinct represented structures in this release, using the midpoint rank for ties. Larger values indicate a higher descriptor rank, not greater safety or toxicity. Element counts include hydrogen and combine isotopes under each element.
Radar values and percentile reference
| Descriptor | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Molecular weight | 154.187 | 6.86 |
| Calculated LogP (Wildman–Crippen) | -0.3533 | 11.36 |
| Topological polar surface area | 74.6 | 53.59 |
| Hydrogen-bond acceptors | 3 | 33.13 |
| Hydrogen-bond donors | 2 | 64.87 |
| Rotatable bonds (strict) | 4 | 49.39 |
Complete molecular descriptors
| Property | Calculated value | Unit / type |
|---|---|---|
| Molecular formula | C4H10O4S | dimensionless |
| Molecular weight | 154.187 | g/mol |
| Monoisotopic exact mass | 154.03 | Da |
| Topological polar surface area | 74.6 | Ų |
| Calculated LogP (Wildman–Crippen) | -0.3533 | dimensionless |
| Molar refractivity (Wildman–Crippen) | 32.7354 | cm³/mol |
| Hydrogen-bond acceptors | 3 | count |
| Hydrogen-bond donors | 2 | count |
| Rotatable bonds (strict) | 4 | count |
| Heavy atoms | 9 | count |
| Heteroatoms | 5 | count |
| Rings | 0 | count |
| Aromatic rings | 0 | count |
| Aliphatic rings | 0 | count |
| Saturated rings | 0 | count |
| Aromatic heterocycles | 0 | count |
| Aliphatic heterocycles | 0 | count |
| Saturated heterocycles | 0 | count |
| Aromatic carbocycles | 0 | count |
| Aliphatic carbocycles | 0 | count |
| Fraction of sp³ carbon atoms | 1 | fraction |
| Formal charge | 0 | e |
| Disconnected components | 1 | count |
| Isotopically specified atoms | 0 | count |
| Potential atom stereocenters | 0 | count |
| Unspecified atom stereocenters | 0 | count |
| Spiro atoms | 0 | count |
| Bridgehead atoms | 0 | count |
| Labute approximate surface area | 54.2569 | Ų |
| Valence electrons | 56 | count |
| Radical electrons | 0 | count |
| Bertz complexity | 147.9506 | index |
| Balaban J | 3.2978 | index |
Ring categories overlap and should not be summed. No toxicity result, PDE, HBEL or acceptable intake is inferred from these descriptors.
Toxicological services and resources for 4-hydroxybutanesulfonic acid
Qualification and safety assessment of 4-hydroxybutanesulfonic acid
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Identity sources and calculation method
Identifiers originate from the source catalogues and available public identity records. InChI and InChIKey on this page are generated from the displayed SMILES. RDKit validation checks the molecular representation; it does not independently verify every catalogue assignment.
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