Chemical Properties
white to off-white powder
Uses
4-Fluoro-L-phenylalanine is a substrate for tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) that has been used to study the regulation of that enzyme.
Definition
ChEBI: A L-phenylalanine derivative that is L-phenylalanine in which the hydrogen at position 4 on the benzene ring is replaced by a fluoro group.
Purification Methods
It is recrystallised from aqueous EtOH. The (R)-N-acetyl derivative has m 142-145o, [] D -38.6o (c 8, EtOH). [Bennett & Nieman J Am Chem Soc 72 1800 1950, Beilstein 14 III 1268.]
