Prephenic acid
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| Prephenic acid | |
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1-(2-Carboxy-2-oxoethyl)-4-hydroxycyclohexa-2,5-dienecarboxylic acid |
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Other names
Prephenate; cis-1-Carboxy-4-hydroxy-α-oxo-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1-propanoic acid |
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| Identifiers | |
| CAS number | 126-49-8 (unspecified) |
| PubChem | 1028 |
| ChemSpider | 16735981 |
| MeSH | Prephenic+acid |
| Jmol-3D images | Image 1 |
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| Properties | |
| Molecular formula | C10H10O6 |
| Molar mass | 226.18 g mol−1 |
| Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) |
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Prephenic acid, commonly also known by its anionic form prephenate, is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of the aromatic amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine.
It is synthesized by a [3,3]-sigmatropic Claisen rearrangement of chorismate.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ Helmut Goerisch (1978). "On the mechanism of the chorismate mutase reaction". Biochemistry 17 (18): 3700. doi:10.1021/bi00611a004.
- ^ Peter Kast, Yadu B. Tewari, Olaf Wiest, Donald Hilvert, Kendall N. Houk, and Robert N. Goldberg (1997). "Thermodynamics of the Conversion of Chorismate to Prephenate: Experimental Results and Theoretical Predictions". J. Phys. Chem. B 101 (50): 10976–10982. doi:10.1021/jp972501l.
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