β-Alanine ethyl ester

Names
IUPAC name

Ethyl β-alaninate

Systematic IUPAC name

Ethyl 3-aminopropanoate

Other names

Ethyl 3-aminopropionate
Ethyl β-alanate
Ethyl β-aminopropionate
Ethyl β-aminopropoanoate
3-Aminopropionic acid ethyl ester
3-Aminopropanoic acid ethyl ester

Identifiers

CAS Number

* 924-73-2 (free base) N
* 4244-84-2 (hydrochloride) N

3D model (JSmol)

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ChemSpider |

* 371693 Y

PubChem CID

* 419889

UNII |

* ZWD52URW2Y Y

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* DTXSID20329386

InChI

* InChI=1S/C5H11NO2/c1-2-8-5(7)3-4-6/h2-4,6H2,1H3 Y

Key: GSQBIOQCECCMOQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y

* InChI=1/C5H11NO2/c1-2-8-5(7)3-4-6/h2-4,6H2,1H3

Key: GSQBIOQCECCMOQ-UHFFFAOYAS

SMILES

* O=C(OCC)CCN

Properties

Chemical formula

| C5H11NO2
Molar mass | 117.148 g·mol−1
Melting point | 65–67 °C (149–153 °F; 338–340 K) hydrochloride
Boiling point | 58 °C (136 °F; 331 K)[1] 14 Torr (free base)

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

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Infobox references

Chemical compound

β-Alanine ethyl ester is the ethyl ester of the non-essential amino acid β-alanine. It would be expected to hydrolyse within the body to form β-alanine.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Kodaira, Toshiyuki; Miyake, Hideo; Hayashi, Koichiro; Okamura, Seizo (1965). "The Synthesis and Polymerization of β-Propiolactam and α-Phenyl-β-propiolactam". Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 38 (10): 1788–1789\. doi:10.1246/bcsj.38.1788.
2. ^ Wright, Margaret Robson (1969). "Arrhenius parameters for the acid hydrolysis of esters in aqueous solution. Part I. Glycine ethyl ester, β-alanine ethyl ester, acetylcholine, and methylbetaine methyl ester". Journal of the Chemical Society B: Physical Organic: 707–710\. doi:10.1039/J29690000707.

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