N-Benzoyl-3-methoxytyrosine

CAS: 2901-78-2

Ref. TR-B208510

Product Information

• Name: N-Benzoyl-3-methoxytyrosine
• Synonyms: DL-N-Benzoyl-3-methoxytyrosine, (±)-α-Benzamido-4-hydroxy-3-methoxydihydrocinnamic Acid, DL-α-Benzoylamino-4-hydroxy-3-methoxyhydrocinnamic Acid, N-Benzoyl-3-methoxy-DL-tyrosine, N-Benzoyl-4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-DL-phenylalanine
• Brand: TRC
• Description: Applications N-Benzoyl-3-methoxytyrosine is an intermediate used in the synthesis of rac 3-O-Methyl DOPA (M303805), which is an impurity of Levodopa (D533751). A useful marker that can be used to screen for the absense of Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC).References Tabar, et al.: Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav., 33, 139 (1989), De Souza Silva, et al.: J. Neurochem., 68, 233 (1997), Feigin, A., et al.: Neurology, 57, 2083 (2001), Perera, A., et al.: J. Labelled Comp. Radiopharm., 46, 389 (2003)

Chemical properties

• Molecular weight: 315.321
• Formula: C₁₇H₁₇NO₅
• Color/Form: Neat
• InChI: InChI=1S/C17H17NO5/c1-23-15-10-11(7-8-14(15)19)9-13(17(21)22)18-16(20)12-5-3-2-4-6-12/h2-8,10,13,19H,9H2,1H3,(H,18,20)(H,21,22)
• InChI key: InChIKey=ODTCNJWUFHCFJB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SMILES: COc1cc(CC(NC(=O)c2ccccc2)C(=O)O)ccc1O