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Indole-3-acetamide

98%

Synonym(s):

3-Indolylacetamide, NSC 1969

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10H10N2O
CAS Number:
879-37-8
Molecular Weight:
174.20
EC Number:
212-904-4
MDL number:
MFCD00005641
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24857238
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

98%

mp

148-150 °C (lit.)

functional group

amide

SMILES string

NC(=O)Cc1c[nH]c2ccccc12

InChI

1S/C10H10N2O/c11-10(13)5-7-6-12-9-4-2-1-3-8(7)9/h1-4,6,12H,5H2,(H2,11,13)

InChI key

ZOAMBXDOGPRZLP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Indole-3-acetamide is an auxin precursor.

Application

Indole-3-acetamide was used in the synthesis of [5.5.6.6]diazafenestrane skeleton and indole-3-acetic acid.
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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Stephan Pollmann et al.
Phytochemistry, 62(3), 293-300 (2003-03-07)
Acylamidohydrolases from higher plants have not been characterized or cloned so far. AtAMI1 is the first member of this enzyme family from a higher plant and was identified in the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana based on sequence homology with the
Christian O Dimkpa et al.
Applied and environmental microbiology, 78(5), 1404-1410 (2012-01-03)
The beneficial bacterium Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6 produces indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), a plant growth regulator. However, the pathway involved in IAA production in this bacterium has not been reported. In this paper we describe the involvement of the indole-3-acetamide (IAM) pathway
Elena Tsavkelova et al.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B, 49(1), 48-57 (2011-11-15)
The plant hormone indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) can be synthesized from tryptophan via the intermediate indole-3-acetamide (IAM). The two genes, IaaM (encoding tryptophan monooxygenase) and IaaH (encoding indole-3-acetamide hydrolase) that constitute the IAM pathway have been described in plant-associated bacteria. We
Rudy Maor et al.
Applied and environmental microbiology, 70(3), 1852-1854 (2004-03-10)
The plant pathogenic fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. aeschynomene utilizes external tryptophan to produce indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) through the intermediate indole-3-acetamide (IAM). We studied the effects of tryptophan, IAA, and IAM on IAA biosynthesis in fungal axenic cultures and on
S Taliani et al.
Current medicinal chemistry, 16(26), 3359-3380 (2009-06-25)
The Translocator protein (TSPO), formerly known as the peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor, is an 18 kDa mitochondrial protein primarily involved in steroid biosynthesis in both peripheral and glial cells. It has been extensively reported that TSPO regulates the rate-limiting translocation of
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