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Phenylpyruvic acid

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Phenylpyruvic acid
Names
Preferred IUPAC name 2-Oxo-3-phenylpropanoic acid
Other names Phenylpyruvate; 3-Phenylpyruvic acid; Keto-phenylpyruvate; beta-Phenylpyruvic acid
Identifiers
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InChI
  • InChI=1S/C9H8O3/c10-8(9(11)12)6-7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5H,6H2,(H,11,12)Key: InChIKey=BTNMPGBKDVTSJY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
  • c1ccccc1CC(=O)C(=O)O
Properties
Chemical formula C9H8O3
Molar mass 164.160 g·mol
Melting point 155 °C (311 °F; 428 K) (decomposes)
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Chemical compound

Phenylpyruvic acid is the organic compound with the formula C6H5CH2C(O)CO2H. It is a keto acid.

Occurrence and properties

The compound exists in equilibrium with its (E)- and (Z)-enol tautomers. It is a product from the oxidative deamination of phenylalanine.

When the activity of the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase is reduced, the amino acid phenylalanine accumulates and gets converted into phenylpyruvic acid (phenylpyruvate), which leads to 'Phenylketonuria (PKU)' instead of 'tyrosine' which is the normal product of phenylalanine hydroxylase.

Preparation and reactions

It can be prepared by many methods. Classically it is produced from aminocinnamic acid derivatives. It has been prepared by condensation of benzaldehyde and glycine derivatives to give phenylazlactone, which is then hydrolyzed with acid- or base-catalysis. It can also be synthesized from benzyl chloride by double carbonylation.

Reductive amination of phenylpyruvic acid gives phenylalanine.

See also

References

  1. R. M. Herbst, D. Shemin (1939). "Phenylpyruvic Acid". Organic Syntheses. 19: 77. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.019.0077.
  2. Carpy, Alain J. M.; Haasbroek, Petrus P.; Oliver, Douglas W. "Phenylpyruvic acid derivatives as enzyme inhibitors: Therapeutic potential on macrophage migration inhibitory factor" Medicinal Chemistry Research 2004, volume 13, pp. 565-577.
  3. Wolfram, Joachim. "Preparation of α-keto-carboxylic acids from acyl halides". Google Patents US4481368 & US4481369. Ethyl Corporation.
  4. Werner Bertleff; Michael Roeper; Xavier Sava (2007). "Carbonylation". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry: 19. doi:10.1002/14356007.a05_217.pub2. ISBN 978-3527306732.
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