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Preparation and In Vivo Use of an Activity-based Probe for N-acylethanolamine Acid Amidase
Published on: November 23, 2016
1-Carb-oxy-naphthalen-2-yl acetate monohydrate
Bruno S Souza1, Adailton J Bortoluzzi1, Faruk Nome1
1Depto. de Química - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Abstract:
In the title compound, C13H10O4·H2O, both the carboxylic acid [Car-Car-C-O = -121.1 (2)°, where ar = aromatic] and the ester [Car-Car-O-C = -104.4 (3)°] groups lie out of the mean plane of the conjugated aromatic system. In the crystal, the organic mol-ecule is hydrogen bonded to water mol-ecules through the ester and carb-oxy moieties, forming chains along the a-axis direction. The methyl H atoms of the acet-oxy group are disordered over two equally occupied sites.
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