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3-Nitrophenylacetic acid

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Linear Formula:
O2NC6H4CH2CO2H
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
181.15
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
2050088
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

assay

99%

form

solid

mp

117-120 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

OC(=O)Cc1cccc(c1)[N+]([O-])=O

InChI

1S/C8H7NO4/c10-8(11)5-6-2-1-3-7(4-6)9(12)13/h1-4H,5H2,(H,10,11)

InChI key

WUKHOVCMWXMOOA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

3-Nitrophenylacetic acid is obtained by mild oxidation of 4-amino phenylacetic acid using potassium peroxymonosulfate as oxidizing agent in acetone.

Application

3-Nitrophenylacetic acid was used to study photodecarboxylation of nitrophenylacetate ions in aqueous solution. 3-Nitrophenylacetic acid was used in study to synthesize an azobenzene amino acid, having potent use as photo-inducible conformational switch in polypeptides.

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Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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Photodecarboxylation of nitrophenylacetate ions.
Margerum JD and Petrusis CT.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 91(10), 2467-2472 (1969)
A mild oxidation of aromatic amines.
Webb KS and Seneviratne S.
Tetrahedron Letters, 36(14), 2377-2378 (1995)
Andreas Aemissegger et al.
Nature protocols, 2(1), 161-167 (2007-04-03)
The synthesis of an azobenzene amino acid (aa) for use as a photo-inducible conformational switch in polypeptides is described. The compound can be easily incorporated into an aa sequence by solid-phase peptide synthesis using standard 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl methods. A reversible conformational

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