Chemical Properties
white needle-like crystalline powder
Uses
Isobutyramide could be a useful compound for technical applications as a component in environmentally-friendly automobile welding anti-spatter liquid.
Uses
Isobutyramide plays an important role in chemical grafting of human serum albumin during the synthesis of sequentially assembled protein capsules. It is used in pharmaceutical manufacturing and in cellular differentiation. It finds application in the transcription of human gamma-globin gene and murine embryonic epsilon(y)-globin gene. Further, it is in the treatment of beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease.
Application
Isobutyramide was used for chemical grafting of human serum albumin during the synthesis of sequentialy assembled protein capsules.
Isobutyramide plays an important role in chemical grafting of human serum albumin during the synthesis of sequentially assembled protein capsules. It is used in pharmaceutical manufacturing and in cellular differentiation. It finds application in the transcription of human gamma-globin gene and murine embryonic epsilon(y)-globin gene. Further, it is in the treatment of beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease.
Definition
ChEBI: Isobutyramide is a carboximidic acid.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 69, p. 2058, 1947
DOI: 10.1021/ja01200a070
Biochem/physiol Actions
Isobutyramide activates transcription of human gamma-globin gene and murine embryonic epsilon(y)-globin gene. It is useful in the treatment of β-thalassemia and sickle cell disease.
Purification Methods
Crystallise the amide from acetone, *benzene, CHCl3, EtOAc or water, then dry it under vacuum over P2O5 or 99% at H2SO4, or at 70o/3hours in a desiccator. Sublime it under vacuum. [Kent & McAlvain Org Synth Coll Vol III 491 1955, Beilstein 2 H 293, 2 I 129, 2 II 262, 2 III 654, 2 IV 852.]
