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Linear Formula:
C6H5CH(OH)CO2H
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
152.15
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
210-276-6
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
2691094
MDL number:
Assay:
≥99%
Form:
solid
Quality Level
product line
ReagentPlus®
assay
≥99%
form
solid
optical activity
[α]23/D −153°, c = 2.5 in H2O
mp
131-133 °C (lit.)
SMILES string
O[C@@H](C(O)=O)c1ccccc1
InChI
1S/C8H8O3/c9-7(8(10)11)6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5,7,9H,(H,10,11)/t7-/m1/s1
InChI key
IWYDHOAUDWTVEP-SSDOTTSWSA-N
General description
(R)-(-)-Mandelic acid, a chiral resolving agent, is also used as a building block to synthesize pharmaceutical drugs such as penicillin and cephalosporin. It can be synthesized from (R,S)-mandelonitrile with high yield and enantioselectivity using nitrilase enzyme .
(R)-(−)-Mandelic acid is a carboxylic acid used as a starting material to synthesize antibiotics, antitumor agents, and antiobesity drugs.
(R)-(−)-Mandelic acid is a carboxylic acid used as a starting material to synthesize antibiotics, antitumor agents, and antiobesity drugs.
Application
(R)-(-)-Mandelic acid has been used in studies to assess its ability to undergo spontaneous oscillatory chiral conversion and spontaneous condensation to form polymandelic acid.
Legal Information
ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
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Danger
hcodes
Hazard Classifications
Eye Dam. 1
Storage Class
11 - Combustible Solids
wgk
WGK 1
flash_point_f
Not applicable
flash_point_c
Not applicable
ppe
Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)
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Enzyme-catalysed optical resolution of mandelic acid via RS (?)-methyl mandelate in non-aqueous media.
Yadav GD and Sivakumar P.
Biochemical Engineering Journal, 19(2), 101-107 (2004)
TLC in a search for structural limitations of spontaneous oscillatory in-vitro chiral conversion. a-hydroxybutyric and mandelic acids.
Sajewicz M, et al.
J. Planar Chromatogr., 22(4), 241-248 (2009)
Production of R-(-)-mandelic acid from mandelonitrile by Alcaligenes faecalis ATCC 8750.
Yamamoto K, et al.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 57(10), 3028-3032 (1991)
Global Trade Item Number
| SKU | GTIN |
|---|---|
| 154210-25G | 04061838741332 |
| 154210-5G | 04061838741349 |
