Chemical Properties
light yellow to yellow fine crystalline powder
Uses
It is employed in the biochemical characterization of NfsA, the Escherichia coli major nitroreductase exhibiting a high amino acid sequence homology to Frp, a Vibrio harveyi flavin oxidoreductase.
Synthesis Reference(s)
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 60, p. 1466, 1995
DOI: 10.1021/jo00110a059
Purification Methods
Dissolve the benzoate in diethyl ether, then wash it with aqueous alkali; the ether is evaporated and the ester is recrystallised from EtOH. [Beilstein 9 H 390, 9 IV 1074.]
