The molecule is a dicarboxylic acid dianion resulting from the removal of a proton from both of the carboxy groups of succinic acid. It has a role as a human metabolite and a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite. It is a C4-dicarboxylate, a dicarboxylic acid dianion and a succinate. It is a conjugate base of a succinate(1-).
butanedioate