描述
2-Hydroxy-2-methylbutyric acid is an unusual metabolite found in the urine of patients with 2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria and maple syrup urine disease. 2-Hydroxy-2-methylbutyric acid is also a secondary metabolite found in human urine after exposure to the gasoline additive tert-amyl-Me-ether (TAME). (PMID 11504147, 10828258, 9260660, 11482739) [HMDB]
InChI标识符
InChI=1S/C5H10O3/c1-3-5(2,8)4(6)7/h8H,3H2,1-2H3,(H,6,7)