DL-2-Aminocaprylic Acid

CAS: 644-90-6

Ref. TR-A603185

Product Information

• Name: DL-2-Aminocaprylic Acid
• Synonyms: 2-Amino-Octanoic Acid, (±)-2-Amino-Octanoic Acid, (±)-2-Aminocaprylic Acid, (±)-2-Aminooctanoic Acid, (±)-alpha-Aminocaprylic Acid, 2-Amino-DL-caprylic Acid, 2-Aminooctanoic Acid, DL-2-Aminooctanoic Acid, DL-alpha-Aminocaprylic Acid, DL-alpha-Aminooctanoic Acid, NSC 123023, NSC 20147, alpha-Aminocaprylic Acid, alpha-Aminooctanoic Acid, (+/-)-2-Aminooctanoic Acid, (±)-2-Aminocaprylic acid, (±)-α-Aminocaprylic acid, 2-Amino-<span class="text-smallcaps">DL</span>-caprylic acid, 2-Azaniumyloctanoate, <span class="text-smallcaps">D</smallcap><smallcap>L</span>-2-Aminocaprylic acid, <span class="text-smallcaps">DL</span>-2-Aminooctanoic acid, <span class="text-smallcaps">DL</span>-α-Aminocaprylic acid, <span class="text-smallcaps">DL</span>-α-Aminooctanoic acid, Octanoic acid, 2-amino-, Octanoic acid, 2-amino-, <span class="text-smallcaps">DL</span>-, dl-Amino-n-caprylic acid, dl-Aminocaprylicacid, α-Aminooctanoic acid

Description

Applications DL-2-Aminocaprylic Acid is used as a reagent in the preparation of 1,5-disubstituted-2-aminoimidazoles which has antibiotic activity against a variety of bacterial strains and even multi drug resistant isolates. DL-2-Aminocaprylic Acid is also used as a reactant in the solution phase parallel synthesis of fenbufen (F247200) and ethacrynic acid (E676000).
References Harris, T.L., et al.: Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 21, 4516 (2011); Su, Y., et al.: Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 21, 1320 (2011)

• Brand: TRC

Chemical properties

• Molecular weight: 159.23
• Formula: C₈H₁₇NO₂
• Color/Form: Neat
• InChI: InChI=1S/C8H17NO2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7(9)8(10)11/h7H,2-6,9H2,1H3,(H,10,11)
• InChI key: InChIKey=AKVBCGQVQXPRLD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SMILES: CCCCCCC(N)C(=O)O