white to light yellow granular powder
3,4-(Methylenedioxy)cinnamic acid, predominantly trans is an inhibitor of the phenylpropanoid enzyme 4-hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA ligase.
ChEBI: Methylenedioxycinnamic acid is a hydroxycinnamic acid.
3,4-(Methylenedioxy)cinnamic acid is an inhibitor of the phenylpropanoid enzyme 4-hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA ligase. It undergoes electron transfer reaction with trichloromethylperoxyl radical and reaction has been studied by pulse radiolysis.
Crystallise the acid from glacial AcOH, EtOH (m 247o) or aqueous EtOH (m 240-242o), and it has m 242o after sublimation. [Beilstein 19 H 278, 19 II 299, 19 III/IV 3548.]
