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8-Aminooctanoic acid

99%

Synonym(s):

ω-Aminocaprylic acid

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Linear Formula:
NH2(CH2)7COOH
CAS Number:
1002-57-9
Molecular Weight:
159.23
Beilstein:
1756493
EC Number:
213-687-9
MDL number:
MFCD00008245
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
PubChem Substance ID:
24888376
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

200

Assay

99%

form

powder

reaction suitability

reaction type: solution phase peptide synthesis

mp

194 °C (dec.) (lit.)

application(s)

peptide synthesis

SMILES string

NCCCCCCCC(O)=O

InChI

1S/C8H17NO2/c9-7-5-3-1-2-4-6-8(10)11/h1-7,9H2,(H,10,11)

InChI key

UQXNEWQGGVUVQA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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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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BMC chemical biology, 10, 2-2 (2010-02-24)
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T P Hicks et al.
Neuroscience letters, 57(3), 295-299 (1985-06-24)
The 8-carbon chain analogue of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), omega-aminocaprylic acid (omega-AC), was administered to single cortical neurones of rat by microiontophoresis and its effect on cell firing compared to the effect elicited by GABA. The spontaneous and glutamate-elicited firing rates
Jeffrey M Craft et al.
Nuclear medicine and biology, 39(5), 609-616 (2012-01-21)
Bombesin (BN) is an amphibian peptide that binds to the gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRPR). It has been demonstrated that BN analogues can be radiolabeled for potential diagnosis and treatment of GRPR-expressing malignancies. Previous studies have conjugated various chelators to the
A J Dobson et al.
Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications, 54 ( Pt 7), 969-972 (1998-09-18)
The title acid, 8-aminooctanoic acid, C8H17NO2, crystallized in the centrosymmetric space group P2(1)/n in the zwitterionic form. The three H atoms involved in hydrogen bonding are ordered. The five intermolecular N-H...O hydrogen bonds have N...O distances ranging from 2.752 (2)
Jered C Garrison et al.
Bioconjugate chemistry, 19(9), 1803-1812 (2008-08-21)
The high incidence of BB2 receptor (BB2r) expression in various cancers has prompted investigators to pursue the development of BB2r-targeted agents for diagnostic imaging, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Development of BB2r-targeted agents, based on the bombesin (BBN) peptide, has largely involved
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