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Preparation and In Vivo Use of an Activity-based Probe for N-acylethanolamine Acid Amidase
Published on: November 23, 2016
Ethyl 4-acetamido-3-acet-oxy-2-benzyl-3-methyl-butano-ate
Guang Liang Wang1, Ji Mei Zhang, Xin Zhang
1Taishan Medical College, Tai an 271016, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The crystal structure of the title compound, C(18)H(25)NO(5), is stabilized by inter-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which form inversion dimers. The ethyl group is disordered over two positions in a 0.651 (12):0.349 (12) ratio.
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