Isonipecotic acid

Isonipecotic acid
Skeletal formula of isonipecotic acid	Ball-and-stick model
Names
	Preferred IUPAC name Piperidine-4-carboxylic acid
Identifiers
CAS Number	498-94-2 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChEMBL	ChEMBL279998 ;
ChemSpider	3641 ;
ECHA InfoCard	100.007.158
EC Number	207-872-3;
IUPHAR/BPS	4227;
PubChem CID	3773;
UNII	M5TZP1RWIE ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID9060100 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C6H11NO2/c8-6(9)5-1-3-7-4-2-5/h5,7H,1-4H2,(H,8,9) Key: SRJOCJYGOFTFLH-UHFFFAOYSA-N ; InChI=1/C6H11NO2/c8-6(9)5-1-3-7-4-2-5/h5,7H,1-4H2,(H,8,9) Key: SRJOCJYGOFTFLH-UHFFFAOYAD;
	SMILES C1CNCCC1C(=O)O;
Properties
Chemical formula	C6H11NO2
Molar mass	129.16 g/mol
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). verify (what is ?) Infobox references

Isonipecotic acid is a heterocyclic compound which acts as a GABA_A receptor partial agonist.^[1]

It consists of a piperidine ring with a carboxylic acid moiety in the iso position (and as such is also known as "4-piperidinecarboxylic acid").

References

^ Mortensen M, Kristiansen U, Ebert B, Frølund B, Krogsgaard-Larsen P, Smart TG (June 2004). "Activation of single heteromeric GABA(A) receptor ion channels by full and partial agonists". The Journal of Physiology. 557 (Pt 2): 389–413. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2003.054734. PMC 1665090. PMID 14990676.

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