Chemical Properties
white to light yellow granular powder
Uses
3,4-(Methylenedioxy)cinnamic acid, predominantly trans is an inhibitor of the phenylpropanoid enzyme 4-hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA ligase.
Definition
ChEBI: Methylenedioxycinnamic acid is a hydroxycinnamic acid.
General Description
3,4-(Methylenedioxy)cinnamic acid is an inhibitor of the phenylpropanoid enzyme 4-hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA ligase. It undergoes electron transfer reaction with trichloromethylperoxyl radical and reaction has been studied by pulse radiolysis.
Purification Methods
Crystallise the acid from glacial AcOH, EtOH (m 247o) or aqueous EtOH (m 240-242o), and it has m 242o after sublimation. [Beilstein 19 H 278, 19 II 299, 19 III/IV 3548.]