Alpha-Ketoglutaric acid

• 2- oxoglutarate
• 2- Oxopentandisäure

White, almost odorless solid

Fixed

112-116 ° C

Decomposition from 160 ° C

Moderately in water (100 g · l-1 at 20 ° C)

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α -ketoglutaric acid (2- oxoglutaric acid, 2- Oxopentandisäure ) is one which derives from n-pentane dicarboxylic acid bearing a carbonyl group on the additional α - C atom. It forms colorless, virtually odorless crystals. Its salts are called α - ketoglutarate. They act as intermediate products of metabolism, such as in the citric acid cycle or in important steps of nitrogen metabolism in appearance.