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Indole-3-propionic acid

≥97.0% (T)

Synonym(s):

NSC 3252, NSC 47831, 3-(3-Indolyl)propanoic acid, 3-(3-Indolyl)propionic acid, IPA

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C11H11NO2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
189.21
Beilstein:
147733
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

Assay

≥97.0% (T)

form

solid

SMILES string

OC(=O)CCc1c[nH]c2ccccc12

InChI

1S/C11H11NO2/c13-11(14)6-5-8-7-12-10-4-2-1-3-9(8)10/h1-4,7,12H,5-6H2,(H,13,14)

InChI key

GOLXRNDWAUTYKT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Indole-3-propionic acid can be obtained from tryptophan by deamination reaction.

Application

Reactant for preparation of:
  • Fluorescent analogues of strigolactones
  • Anti-tumor agents
  • Melanocortin receptors ligands
  • Immunosuppressive agents
  • Iinhibitors of hepatitis C virus
  • Histamine H4 receptor agonists
  • NR2B/NMDA receptor antagonists
  • CB1 antagonist for the treatment of obesity
  • Antibacterial agents
  • Inhibitor of TGF-β receptor binding
Indole-3-propionic acid may be used in the synthesis of oxindole-3-propionic acid via reaction with N-bromosuccinimide in acetic acid followed by treatment with H2/Pd catalyst.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Studied as an adjunct to improve perfusion after liver transplant.

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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Design and parallel synthesis of new bicyclic small molecules for targeting the melanocortin receptors.
Byoung J Min et al.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 611, 187-188 (2009-04-30)
Prandi, C.; et al.
European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 3781-3781 (2011)
Subra, G.; et al.
QSAR & Combinatorial Science, 26, 496-496 (2007)
Rosaria Gitto et al.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 17(4), 1640-1647 (2009-01-23)
A combined ligand-based and structure-based approach has previously allowed us to identify NR2B/NMDA receptor antagonists containing indole scaffold. In order to further explore the main structure activity relationships of this class of derivatives we herein report the design, synthesis and
Francis Giraud et al.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 20(17), 5203-5206 (2010-07-27)
N-aryl-3-(indol-3-yl)propanamides were synthesized and their immunosuppressive activities were evaluated. This study highlighted the promising potency of 3-[1-(4-chlorobenzyl)-1H-indol-3-yl]-N-(4-nitrophenyl)propanamide 15 which exhibited a significant inhibitory activity on murine splenocytes proliferation assay in vitro and on mice delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) assay in vivo.

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