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Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C4H6O2
Molecular Weight 86.0892
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of Butyrolactone

SMILES

O=C1CCCO1

InChI

InChIKey=YEJRWHAVMIAJKC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C4H6O2/c5-4-2-1-3-6-4/h1-3H2

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C4H6O2
Molecular Weight 86.0892
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Approval Year

PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
The cin quorum sensing locus of Rhizobium etli CNPAF512 affects growth and symbiotic nitrogen fixation.
2002-01-04
Conformationally constrained analogues of diacylglycerol. 18. The incorporation of a hydroxamate moiety into diacylglycerol-lactones reduces lipophilicity and helps discriminate between sn-1 and sn-2 binding modes to protein kinase C (PK-C). Implications for isozyme specificity.
2001-12-06
Drug use and sexual risk behavior among gay and bisexual men who attend circuit parties: a venue-based comparison.
2001-12-01
Bovine oocytes treated prior to in vitro maturation with a combination of butyrolactone I and roscovitine at low doses maintain a normal developmental capacity.
2001-12
Cytotoxic butanolides from the stem bark of Formosan Lindera communis.
2001-12
A fast and simple GC MS method for lignan profiling in Anthriscus sylvestris and biosynthetically related Plant species.
2001-12
Cytotoxic mono-tetrahydrofuran ring acetogenins from leaves of Annona montana.
2001-12
Pentobarbital for severe gamma-butyrolactone withdrawal.
2001-12
Halogenated furanones from the red alga, Delisea pulchra, inhibit carbapenem antibiotic synthesis and exoenzyme virulence factor production in the phytopathogen Erwinia carotovora.
2001-11-27
Cyberpharmacies and the role of the US Food And Drug Administration.
2001-11-27
Pleiotropic functions of a Streptomyces pristinaespiralis autoregulator receptor in development, antibiotic biosynthesis, and expression of a superoxide dismutase.
2001-11-23
A synthetic approach to the Stemona alkaloids.
2001-11-16
Green tea epigallocatechin gallate: a natural inhibitor of fatty-acid synthase.
2001-11-16
10-Demethoxystegane, a new lignan from Steganotaenia araliacea.
2001-11
The chemical interconversion of GHB and GBL: forensic issues and implications.
2001-11
Hypothermia reduces the rate of dissociation of specific ligands from dopamine-D2 and 5-hydroxytryptamine1A receptors in the mouse brain in vivo.
2001-11
New diterpene from Hedychium villosum.
2001-11
Evidence for co-release of noradrenaline and dopamine from noradrenergic neurons in the cerebral cortex.
2001-11
GC-MS determination of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) in blood.
2001-10-15
Detection, purification and characterisation of quorum-sensing signal molecules in plant-associated bacteria.
2001-10-04
Application of a convenient extraction procedure to analyze gamma-hydroxybutyric acid in fatalities involving gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, gamma-butyrolactone, and 1,4-butanediol.
2001-10
New sesquiterpene lactones from Elephantopus mollis and their leishmanicidal activities.
2001-10
Nuclear accumulation of cyclin B1 in mouse two-cell embryos is controlled by the activation of Cdc2.
2001-10
Factors influencing the cultivability of lake water bacteria.
2001-10
[GHB--dangerous, addictive and uncontrollable "party drug"].
2001-09-19
A novel three-component butenolide synthesis.
2001-09-06
Detection of gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) as a natural component in wine.
2001-09
A complex role for the gamma-butyrolactone SCB1 in regulating antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2).
2001-09
Transgenic plants producing the bacterial pheromone N-acyl-homoserine lactone exhibit enhanced resistance to the bacterial phytopathogen Erwinia carotovora.
2001-09
High reactivity of alkyl sulfides towards epoxides under conditions of collagen fixation--a convenient approach to 2-amino-4-butyrolactones.
2001-09
Total synthesis of (-)-stemospironine.
2001-08-23
Stereocontrolled construction of tetrahydrofurans and gamma-butyrolactones using organomolybdenum chemistry.
2001-08-23
3-Phenyl-5-acyloxymethyl-2H,5H-furan-2-ones: synthesis and biological activity of a novel group of potential antifungal drugs.
2001-08-16
Enantioselective synthesis of ancepsenolide and its analogs.
2001-08
Disruption of a gene encoding a putative gamma-butyrolactone-binding protein in Streptomyces tendae affects nikkomycin production.
2001-08
Annomocherin, annonacin and annomontacin: a novel and two known bioactive mono-tetrahydrofuran annonaceous acetogenins from Annona cherimolia seeds.
2001-08
Quorum-sensing in Gram-negative bacteria.
2001-08
Effects of high-affinity GABAB receptor antagonists on active and passive avoidance responding in rodents with gamma-hydroxybutyrolactone-induced absence syndrome.
2001-08
Coronin from roots of Annona muricata, a putative intermediate in acetogenin biosynthesis (1).
2001-08
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate, gamma-butyrolactone, and 1,4-butanediol.
2001-08
Haemodynamic effects of the bacterial quorum sensing signal molecule, N-(3-oxododecanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone, in conscious, normal and endotoxaemic rats.
2001-08
Lack of the burst firing of thalamocortical relay neurons and resistance to absence seizures in mice lacking alpha(1G) T-type Ca(2+) channels.
2001-07-19
Cedarmycins A and B, new antimicrobial antibiotics from Streptomyces sp. TP-A0456.
2001-07
A simple procedure for synthesis of roxindole, a dopamine D2-receptor agonist.
2001-07
Pharmaceutically relevant metabolites from lichens.
2001-07
The LuxS family of bacterial autoinducers: biosynthesis of a novel quorum-sensing signal molecule.
2001-07
Involvement of catalytic amino acid residues in enzyme-catalyzed polymerization for the synthesis of polyesters.
2001
Bacterial response to siderophore and quorum-sensing chemical signals in the seawater microbial community.
2001
Regulation of gene expression by cell-to-cell communication: acyl-homoserine lactone quorum sensing.
2001
Quorum sensing in bacteria.
2001
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Name Type Language
Butyrolactone
INCI   MI   VANDF   WHO-DD  
INCI  
Official Name English
GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE
FCC   HSDB  
Preferred Name English
.GAMMA.-BUTYROLACTONE [FHFI]
Common Name English
Revivarant
Common Name English
NIH 10540
Code English
GH Revitalizer
Common Name English
4-HYDROXYBUTANOIC ACID LACTONE
Common Name English
LBG 11785
Code English
4-BUTYROLACTONE
Common Name English
2(3H)-FURANONE, DIHYDRO-
Systematic Name English
Remforce
Common Name English
NSC-4592
Code English
Butyrolactone [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
Blue Nitro
Common Name English
GBL
Common Name English
GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE [IARC]
Common Name English
BUTYROLACTONE [VANDF]
Common Name English
FEMA NO. 3291
Code English
GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE [HSDB]
Common Name English
BUTYROLACTONE [MI]
Common Name English
.GAMMA.-BUTYROLACTONE
FHFI  
Systematic Name English
GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE [FCC]
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
WIKIPEDIA Designer-drugs-.gamma.-Butyrolactone
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DEA NO. 2011
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Code System Code Type Description
NSC
4592
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ECHA (EC/EINECS)
202-509-5
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EVMPD
SUB32501
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HSDB
4290
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JECFA MONOGRAPH
457
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MERCK INDEX
m2870
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID6020224
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CHEBI
42639
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SMS_ID
100000124564
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WIKIPEDIA
GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE
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FDA UNII
OL659KIY4X
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DRUG BANK
DB04699
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CAS
96-48-0
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PUBCHEM
7302
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