The molecule is a 2,3-dehydroamino acid that is alanine which has been dehydrogenated to introduce a double bond between positions 2 and 3. It has a role as an alkylating agent, a human metabolite and a mouse metabolite. It is an enamine, an alpha,beta-unsaturated monocarboxylic acid, a non-proteinogenic alpha-amino acid and a 2,3-dehydroamino acid. It is a conjugate acid of a 2-aminoacrylate. It is a tautomer of a 2-ammonioprop-2-enoate, a 2-iminopropionic acid and a 2-iminiopropionate.
2-aminoprop-2-enoic acid