Bioactivity | Ethyl acetoacetate (Ethyl acetylacetate) is an ester widely used as an intermediate in the synthesis of many varieties of compounds[1][2][3]. Ethyl acetoacetate is an inhibitor of bacterial biofilm[4]. | ||||||||||||
Name | Ethyl acetoacetate | ||||||||||||
CAS | 141-97-9 | ||||||||||||
Formula | C6H10O3 | ||||||||||||
Molar Mass | 130.14 | ||||||||||||
Appearance | Liquid | ||||||||||||
Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. | ||||||||||||
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Reference | [1]. Rao M.Uppu, et al. Enantioselective catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation of ethyl acetoacetate in room temperature ionic liquids. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 1996 Dec; 229(3):764-769. [2]. Leo F. Salter, et al. A dual‐frequency Belousov Zhabotinskii oscillating reaction with ethyl acetoacetate as organic substrate. substrate. International Journal of Chemical Kinetics. 1982. 14(8), 815–821. [3]. Iqbal S, et al. 2-Oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidines Ethyl Esters as Potent β- Glucuronidase Inhibitors: One-pot Synthesis, In vitro and In silico Studies. Med Chem. 2018;14(8):818-830. [4]. Horne SM, et al. Acetoacetate and ethyl acetoacetate as novel inhibitors of bacterial biofilm. Lett Appl Microbiol. 2018 Apr;66(4):329-339. |