The molecule is a dicarboxylic acid monoanion resulting from the removal of a proton from one of the carboxylic acid groups of 2-hydroxyglutaric acid. It is a dicarboxylic acid monoanion and a 2-hydroxyglutarate. It derives from a glutarate(1-). It is a conjugate base of a 2-hydroxyglutaric acid. It is a conjugate acid of a 2-hydroxyglutarate(2-).
hydron;2-hydroxypentanedioate