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C1761

Chorismic acid from Enterobacter aerogenes

≥80%

Synonym(s):

trans-3-([1-Carboxyethenyl]oxy)-4-hydroxy-1,5-cyclohexadiene-1-carboxylic acid

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10H10O6
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
226.18
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
MDL number:
Assay:
≥80%
Form:
powder
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Quality Level

assay

≥80%

form

powder

shipped in

dry ice

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

O[C@@H]1C=CC(=C[C@H]1OC(=C)C(O)=O)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C10H10O6/c1-5(9(12)13)16-8-4-6(10(14)15)2-3-7(8)11/h2-4,7-8,11H,1H2,(H,12,13)(H,14,15)/t7-,8-/m1/s1

InChI key

WTFXTQVDAKGDEY-HTQZYQBOSA-N

Application

Chorismic acid is a metabolite generally used in the study of chorismate-prephenate rearrangement and to synthesize chorismate derivatives.
Intermediate in the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids via the shikimate pathway.


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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Carc. 1B - Eye Irrit. 2 - Repr. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type P3 (EN 143) respirator cartridges



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The mechanism of rearrangement of chorismic acid and related compounds.
Gajewski, Joseph J et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 109(4), 1170-1186 (1987)
Gamma Chi et al.
Biochemistry, 51(24), 4868-4879 (2012-05-23)
MbtI is the salicylate synthase that catalyzes the first committed step in the synthesis of the iron chelating compound mycobactin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We previously developed a series of aromatic inhibitors against MbtI based on the reaction intermediate for this
Nivedita Nagachar et al.
FEMS microbiology letters, 308(2), 159-165 (2010-05-22)
Mycobacterium smegmatis acquires extracellular iron using exochelin, mycobactin and carboxymycobactin. The latter two siderophores are synthesized from salicylic acid, which, in turn, is derived from chorismic acid in the shikimic acid pathway. To understand the conversion mechanism of chorismic acid



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SKUGTIN
C1761-5MG04061832621135
C1761-25MG04061832621128
C1761-100MG04061832621104
C1761-10MG04061832621111