The CAS registry number of Pentanoic acid,5-amino-4-oxo- is 106-60-5. The IUPAC name is 5-amino-4-oxopentanoic acid. Its EINECS registry number is 203-414-1. In addition, the molecular formula is C₅H₉NO and the molecular weight is 131.13. It belongs to the class of Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer. What's more, it can be get through the microorganism fermentatio.

Physical properties about this chemical are: (1)ACD/BCF (pH 5.5): 1; (2)ACD/BCF (pH 7.4): 1; (3)ACD/KOC (pH 5.5): 1; (4)ACD/KOC (pH 7.4): 1; (5)#H bond acceptors: 4; (6)#H bond donors: 3; (7)#Freely Rotating Bonds: 5; (8)Polar Surface Area: 80.39 Å²; (9)Index of Refraction: 1.482; (10)Molar Refractivity: 30.343 cm³; (11)Molar Volume: 106.492 cm³; (12)Polarizability: 12.029 ×10^-24cm³; (13)Surface Tension: 52.733 dyne/cm; (14)Density: 1.231 g/cm³; (15)Flash Point: 134.264 °C; (16)Enthalpy of Vaporization: 59.215 kJ/mol; (17)Boiling Point: 298.394 °C at 760 mmHg; (18)Vapour Pressure: 0 mmHg at 25°C.

Uses of Pentanoic acid,5-amino-4-oxo-: it is a kind of photodynamic therapy drugs which can treat the light of the ossification disease and basal cell tumor. And it can react with pentane-2,4-dione to get 3-(4-acetyl-5-methyl-pyrrol-3-yl)-propionic acid and 4-(3,5-dimethyl-pyrrol-2-yl)-4-oxo-butyric acid. This reaction will need reagent acetate buffer and solvent H₂O. The reaction time is 30 minutes by heating. The yield is about 62%.

You can still convert the following datas into molecular structure:
(1)SMILES: C(CC(=O)O)C(=O)CN
(2)InChI: InChI=1/C5H9NO3/c6-3-4(7)1-2-5(8)9/h1-3,6H2,(H,8,9)
(3)InChIKey: ZGXJTSGNIOSYLO-UHFFFAOYAL