Potassium citrate monohydrateProduct ingredient for Potassium citrate
- Name
- Potassium citrate monohydrate
- Drug Entry
- Potassium citrate
Potassium citrate (also known as tripotassium citrate) is a potassium salt of citric acid. It is a white, hygroscopic crystalline powder. It is odorless with a saline taste. It contains 38.3% potassium by mass. In the monohydrate form it is highly hygroscopic and deliquescent. Potassium citrate is used to treat a kidney stone condition called renal tubular acidosis. Potassium Citrate is indicated also for the management of Hypocitraturic calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis.
- Accession Number
- DBSALT002942
- Structure
Structure for Potassium citrate monohydrate (DBSALT002942)
- Synonyms
- Citric acid, tripotassium salt, monohydrate / Potassium citrate / Tripotassium citrate monohydrate
- UNII
- EE90ONI6FF
- CAS Number
- 6100-05-6
- Weight
- Average: 324.409
Monoisotopic: 323.90521166 - Chemical Formula
- C6H7K3O8
- InChI Key
- PJAHUDTUZRZBKM-UHFFFAOYSA-K
- InChI
- InChI=1S/C6H8O7.3K.H2O/c7-3(8)1-6(13,5(11)12)2-4(9)10;;;;/h13H,1-2H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)(H,11,12);;;;1H2/q;3*+1;/p-3
- IUPAC Name
- tripotassium 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate hydrate
- SMILES
- O.[K+].[K+].[K+].OC(CC([O-])=O)(CC([O-])=O)C([O-])=O
- External Links
- ChemSpider
- 2016906
- ChEBI
- 64746
- ChEMBL
- CHEMBL3989822
- Predicted Properties
Property Value Source Water Solubility 39.4 mg/mL ALOGPS logP -0.7 ALOGPS logP -1.3 Chemaxon logS -0.89 ALOGPS pKa (Strongest Acidic) 3.05 Chemaxon pKa (Strongest Basic) -4.2 Chemaxon Physiological Charge -3 Chemaxon Hydrogen Acceptor Count 7 Chemaxon Hydrogen Donor Count 1 Chemaxon Polar Surface Area 140.62 Å2 Chemaxon Rotatable Bond Count 5 Chemaxon Refractivity 68.14 m3·mol-1 Chemaxon Polarizability 14.23 Å3 Chemaxon Number of Rings 0 Chemaxon Bioavailability 1 Chemaxon Rule of Five Yes Chemaxon Ghose Filter No Chemaxon Veber's Rule No Chemaxon MDDR-like Rule No Chemaxon