CAS 54696-05-8: 4-Benzyloxyacetophenone

4'-Benzyloxyacetophenone is a synthetic chemical that can be used in the synthesis of natural products. It has a chiral center and can be synthesized in an asymmetric manner. This compound reacts with primary amines to form acrylates, which are useful for the synthesis of polyesters. 4'-Benzyloxyacetophenone can also react with halides to form alkylating agents, which are useful for the synthesis of amines or other functional groups. The structure of this chemical is similar to estrogen, which may explain its hormonal effects.

4'-(Benzyloxy)acetophenone

Applications 4-Benzyloxyacetophenone is used in preparation of inhibitors of various proteins such as hepatitis C virus polymerase, glucosylceramide synthase and protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B. Not a dangerous good if item is equal to or less than 1g/ml and there is less than 100g/ml in the package References Deng, Y., et al.: Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 19, 5363 (2009); Lee, L., et al.: J. Biol. Chem., 274, 14662 (2009); Liu, Z., et al.: Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 21, 3755 (2011)

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