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Preparation and In Vivo Use of an Activity-based Probe for N-acylethanolamine Acid Amidase
Published on: November 23, 2016
2,6-Dimethyl-phenyl acridine-9-carboxyl-ate
Damian Trzybiński1, Michał Wera, Karol Krzymiński
1Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, J. Sobieskiego 18, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland.
Abstract:
In the title compound, C(22)H(17)NO(2), the acridine ring system and the benzene ring are oriented at a dihedral angle of 37.7 (1)°. The carboxyl group is twisted at an angle of 67.7 (1)° relative to the acridine skeleton. In the crystal, mol-ecules are arranged in stacks along the b axis, with all of the acridine rings involved in multiple π-π inter-actions [centroid-centroid distances in the range 3.632 (2)-4.101 (2) Å]. The acridine moieties are parallel within the stacks, but inclined at an angle of 52.7 (1)° in adjacent stacks.
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