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Preparation and In Vivo Use of an Activity-based Probe for N-acylethanolamine Acid Amidase
Published on: November 23, 2016
(Z)-N-tert-Butyl-2-(4-meth-oxy-anilino)-N'-(4-meth-oxy-phen-yl)-2-phenyl-acetimidamide
Sue A Roberts1, Biswajit Saha, Brendan Frett
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1306 E University Boulevard, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Abstract:
In the crystal of the title compound, C26H31N3O2, pairs of N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link molecules, forming inversion dimers, which enclose an R 2 (2)(20) ring motif. One N atom does not form hydrogen bonds and lies in a hydro-phobic pocket with closest inter-molecular contacts of 4.196 (2) and 4.262 (2) Å.
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