Methyl Oxirane-2-carboxylate

CAS: 4538-50-5

Ref. TR-M324560

Product Information

• Name: Methyl Oxirane-2-carboxylate
• Synonyms: Methyl Oxiranecarboxylate, Methyl 2,3-Epoxypropanoate, Methyl 2,3-Epoxypropionate, Methyl Glycidate, Methyl Oxiran-2-carboxylate, Methyl Oxiranecarboxylic Acid Ester, Methyl Glycidic Acid Ester, (±)-Methyl Glycidate, 2-Oxiranecarboxylic Acid, Methyl Ester, Glycidic acid methyl ester, Methyl 2,3-epoxypropanoate, Methyl 2,3-epoxypropionate, Methyl 2-oxiranecarboxylate, Methyl oxiran-2-carboxylate, Methyl oxiranecarboxylate, Oxirane-2-carboxylic acid, methyl ester, Oxiranecarboxylic acid, methyl ester

Description

Applications Methyl Oxirane-2-carboxylate is an intermediate used in the synthesis of DL-Indole-3-lactic Acid-d5 (I627102), which is the isotope labelled analog of DL-Indole-3-lactic Acid (I627100); a reagent in the synthesis of 2-hydroxy-1-(1H-indol-3-yl)-4-methylpentan-3-one which has weak antibacterial activity against 16 bacterial strains, including Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus. DL-Indole-3-lactic Acid is also used in the preparation of Monatin, a natural sweet peptidomimetic.
References Nguyen, S.T., et al.: Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 20, 5739 (2010); Nakamura, K., et al.: Peptide Sci., 40, 61 (2003)

• Brand: TRC

Chemical properties

• Molecular weight: 102.09
• Formula: C₄H₆O₃
• Color/Form: Neat
• InChI: InChI=1S/C4H6O3/c1-6-4(5)3-2-7-3/h3H,2H2,1H3
• InChI key: InChIKey=YKNYRRVISWJDSR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SMILES: COC(=O)C1CO1