white to orange or pink powder
4-Ethoxymethylene-2-phenyl-2-oxazolin-5-one has been used as a haptenizing agent, which can induce an inflammatory reaction in adult zebrafish intestinal tissues and this can be used as a model for gene expression studies of the two forms of inflammatory bowel disease like Crohn′s disease and ulcerative colitis.
4-Ethoxymethylene-2-phenyloxazolin-5-one acts as sensitizing agent. It is also used as pharmaceutical intermediates.
ChEBI: A 1,3-oxazole compound having a phenyl substituent at the 2-position, an ethoxymethylene group at the 4-position, and an oxo group at the 5-position. It is a chemical allergen used for immunological experiments, particularly for experiments on delayed typ
hypersensitivity.