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Sigma-Aldrich

4-Nitrophenyl dodecanoate

≥98.0% (GC)

Synonym(s):

4-Nitrophenyl laurate, Dodecanoic acid 4-nitrophenyl ester

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C18H27NO4
CAS Number:
1956-11-2
Molecular Weight:
321.41
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1889084
EC Number:
217-796-2
MDL number:
MFCD00047730
UNSPSC Code:
12352204
PubChem Substance ID:
57651858
NACRES:
NA.83

Quality Level

100

assay

≥98.0% (GC)

mp

~46 °C

solubility

chloroform: 1 g/10 mL, clear, colorless to faintly greenish-yellow

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)Oc1ccc(cc1)[N+]([O-])=O

InChI

1S/C18H27NO4/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-18(20)23-17-14-12-16(13-15-17)19(21)22/h12-15H,2-11H2,1H3

InChI key

YNGNVZFHHJEZKD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

4-Nitrophenyl dodecanoate has been used as a substrate:
  • for carboxylesterase to assess the enzyme-substrate affinity
  • in a chromogenic assay to evaluate lipase activity
  • to determine the esterase activity of patatin

Biochem/physiol Actions

4-Nitrophenyl dodecanoate is a p-nitrophenol ester derivative and serves as a typical model substrate in lipase assays.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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T L R Corrêa et al.
Journal of applied microbiology, 115(1), 114-124 (2013-04-16)
In this study, a gene that encodes a carboxylesterase (carb) in Penicillium expansum GF was cloned, sequenced and overexpressed by Penicillium griseoroseum PG63, and the enzyme was characterized. The recombinant strain, P. griseoroseum T55, obtained upon transformation using the plasmid
P Fuciños et al.
Journal of biotechnology, 117(3), 233-241 (2005-05-03)
Thermus thermophilus HB27 produces important levels of extracellular lipolytic activity when grown for 30 h at 70 degrees C in a complex medium. A method to detect esterase activity in these samples after non-reducing SDS-polyacrylamide electrophoresis was developed. The method
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of cereal soluble dietary fibres (SDFs), β-glucans (BG) from oat and barley as well as arabinoxylans (AX) from wheat and rye, on the lipolysis of p-nitrophenyl laurate (p-NP laurate). p-NP
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