Talk:Lithium aspartate

PubChem 2D Structure
ChemIDplus 2D Structure

Lithium aspartate - Compound Summary (CID 71587253 / CAS 70962-88-8):

Synonyms: (SID 163640729) Total: 8        Display:       
	Lithium aspartate
	Lithium monoaspartate
	Monolithium aspartate
	Lithium hydrogen aspartate
	UNII-U2514Q0PG1
	L-Aspartic acid, monolithium salt
	L-Aspartic acid, lithium salt (1:1)
	70962-88-8

Molecular Formula: C4H6LiNO4 (also reported as C4H7NO4.Li)?
Molecular Weight: 139.03574 [g/mol]
InChIKey: NFNOWBZQMRFQDG-DKWTVANSSA-M

Descriptors
IUPAC Name: lithium;(2S)-2-aminobutanedioate;hydron
InChI: InChI=1S/C4H7NO4.Li/c5-2(4(8)9)1-3(6)7;/h2H,1,5H2,(H,6,7)(H,8,
9);/q;+1/p-1/t2-;/m0./s1
InChIKey: NFNOWBZQMRFQDG-DKWTVANSSA-M
Canonical SMILES : [H+].[Li+].C(C(C(=O)[O-])N)C(=O)[O-]
Isomeric SMILES: [H+].[Li+].C([C@@H](C(=O)[O-])N)C(=O)[O-]

Computed Properties
Molecular Weight		139.03574 [g/mol]
Molecular Formula		C4H6LiNO4
H-Bond Donor		1
H-Bond Acceptor		5
Rotatable Bond Count		1
Exact Mass		139.045687
MonoIsotopic Mass		139.045687
Topological Polar Surface Area		106
Heavy Atom Count		10
Formal Charge		0
Complexity		122
Isotope Atom Count		0
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count		1
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count		0
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count		0
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count		0
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count		3

Conditional excitotoxicity safety concern[edit]

In susceptible individuals only, aspartate is excitotoxic. Excitotoxicity and concomitant neuroinflammation is a cause of numerous neurological diseases. --IO Device (talk) 02:39, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]