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Preparation and In Vivo Use of an Activity-based Probe for N-acylethanolamine Acid Amidase
Published on: November 23, 2016
2-[5-Methyl-2-(propan-2-yl)phen-oxy]-N'-{2-[5-methyl-2-(propan-2-yl)phen-oxy]acet-yl}acetohydrazide
Abstract:
The complete mol-ecule of the title compound, C(24)H(32)N(2)O(4), is generated by a crystallographic inversion center. The 1,2-diethyl-hydrazine moiety is nearly planar, with a maximum deviation of 0.024 (1) Å, and is inclined at a dihedral angle of 54.20 (4)° with the phenyl ring. In the crystal, [001] chains are formed, with adjacent mol-ecules in the chain linked by pair of inter-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, generating R(2) (2)(10) ring motifs. Inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and C-H⋯π inter-actions are also observed.
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