61716

4-Nitrophenyl dodecanoate

≥98.0% (GC)

• Synonym(s): 4-Nitrophenyl laurate, Dodecanoic acid 4-nitrophenyl ester
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₁₈H₂₇NO₄
• CAS Number: 1956-11-2
• Molecular Weight: 321.41
• UNSPSC Code: 12352204
• NACRES: NA.83
• PubChem Substance ID: 57651858
• EC Number: 217-796-2
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 1889084
• MDL number: MFCD00047730

Properties

• Quality Segment: 100
• assay: ≥98.0% (GC)
• mp: ~46 °C
• solubility: chloroform: 1 g/10 mL, clear, colorless to faintly greenish-yellow
• storage temp.: 2-8°C
• SMILES string: CCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)Oc1ccc(cc1)[N+]([O-])=O
• InChI: 1S/C18H27NO4/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-18(20)23-17-14-12-16(13-15-17)19(21)22/h12-15H,2-11H2,1H3
• InChI key: YNGNVZFHHJEZKD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

Application

4-Nitrophenyl dodecanoate has been used as a substrate:

• for carboxylesterase to assess the enzyme-substrate affinity
• in a chromogenic assay to evaluate lipase activity
• to determine the esterase activity of patatin

Biochem/physiol Actions

4-Nitrophenyl dodecanoate is a p-nitrophenol ester derivative and serves as a typical model substrate in lipase assays.

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk: WGK 3
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)