Chemical Properties
WHITE TO BEIGE CRYSTALLINE POWDER
Uses
2-Aminoethylphosphonic acid was used as a growth medium for the marine bacterium
Roseovarius nubinhibens ISM.
Definition
ChEBI: A phosphonic acid in which the hydrogen attached to the phosphorus of phosphonic acid is substituted by a 2-aminoethyl group.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 69, p. 2112, 1947
DOI: 10.1021/ja01201a012
General Description
The surface of gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) were functionalized with 2-aminoethylphosphonic acid that exhibited calcium affinity which enabled targeted delivery of Au NPs to calcified tissue.