Phosphorylethanolamine

Phosphorylethanolamine
Names
	Preferred IUPAC name 2-Aminoethyl dihydrogen phosphate
	Other names Phosphoethanolamine; PHOS
Identifiers
CAS Number	1071-23-4 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChEBI	CHEBI:17553 ;
ChEMBL	ChEMBL146972 ;
ChemSpider	990 ;
DrugBank	DB01738 ;
ECHA InfoCard	100.012.717
MeSH	phosphorylethanolamine
PubChem CID	1015;
UNII	78A2BX7AEU ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID5061453 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C2H8NO4P/c3-1-2-7-8(4,5)6/h1-3H2,(H2,4,5,6) Key: SUHOOTKUPISOBE-UHFFFAOYSA-N ;
	SMILES C(COP(=O)(O)O)N;
Properties
Chemical formula	C2H8NO4P
Molar mass	141.063 g·mol−1
Appearance	White powder
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). verify (what is ?) Infobox references

Phosphorylethanolamine or phosphoethanolamine is an ethanolamine derivative that is used to construct two different categories of phospholipids. One category termed a glycerophospholipid and the other a sphingomyelin, or more specifically within the sphingomyelin class, a sphingophospholipid. Phosphorylethanolamine is a polyprotic acid with two pKa values at 5.61 and 10.39.

Phosphorylethanolamine has been falsely promoted as a cancer treatment.