Aceburic acid

Aceburic acid

Systematic (IUPAC) name
4-acetyloxybutanoic acid
Identifiers
CAS Number	26976-72-7 N
ATC code	none
PubChem	CID: 176865
ChemSpider	154039 Y
UNII	F777XEP0LL N
ChEMBL	CHEMBL2104034 N
Chemical data
Formula	C6H10O4
Molecular mass	146.141 g/mol
SMILES CC(=O)OCCCC(=O)O
InChI InChI=1S/C6H10O4/c1-5(7)10-4-2-3-6(8)9/h2-4H2,1H3,(H,8,9) Y Key:GOVNVPJYMDJYSR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y
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Aceburic acid (INN), also known as 4-acetoxybutanoic acid or 4-hydroxybutyric acid acetate, is drug described as an analgesic which was never marketed. It is the acetyl ester of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB, which is 4-hydroxybutanoic acid), and based on its structural relation to GHB, is likely to behave as a prodrug to it.

See also

• 1,4-Butanediol (1,4-BD)
• γ-Butyrolactone (GBL)
• γ-Hydroxybutyraldehyde (GHBAL)
• γ-Valerolactone (GVL)