18958-19-5

Basic information

• Product Name: 2,6-dimethyl-terephthalic acid-1-methyl ester
• Synonyms: 2,6-dimethyl-terephthalic acid-1-methyl ester
• CAS NO: 18958-19-5
• Molecular Weight: 208.214
• Mol File: 18958-19-5.mol
• Article Data: 4

Chemical Properties

• CAS DataBase Reference: 2,6-dimethyl-terephthalic acid-1-methyl ester(CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: 2,6-dimethyl-terephthalic acid-1-methyl ester(18958-19-5)
• EPA Substance Registry System: 2,6-dimethyl-terephthalic acid-1-methyl ester(18958-19-5)

Safety Data

• Hazardous Substances Data: 18958-19-5(Hazardous Substances Data)

Upstream product

• 41264-06-6 methyl 4,6-dimethyl-2-oxo-2H-pyran-5-carboxylate 
• 328-42-7 Oxalacetic acid 
• 18958-18-4 dimethyl 2,6-dimethyl-1,4-benzenedicarboxylate 
• 7498-53-5 4-(methoxycarbonyl)-2,6-dimethylbenzoic acid 

Relevant articles and documents

Macrophomate synthase: Unusual enzyme catalyzing multiple reactions from pyrones to benzoates

Macrophomate synthase which catalyzes unusual multiple reactions from 2-pyrone (3) to macrophomic acid (1) has been purified in a homogenous state. The macrophomate synthase is a dimeric enzyme which requires Mg2+ as a co-factor and whose molec

Substrate Diversity of Macrophomate Synthase Catalyzing an Unusual Multistep Transformation from 2-Pyrones to Benzoates

Macrophomale synthase, which we have recently purified, catalyzes an unusual multistep transformation from 5-acetyl-4-methoxy-6-methyl-2-pyrone to 4-acetyl-3-methoxy-5-methyl-benzoic acid (macrophomic acid). To investigate the substrate diversity of the enzyme, 40 analogs of 2-pyrone were prepared and their relative efficiency was examined in the enzymatic conversions. The experimental results reveal the structural requirements of the substrates and the rough size of the enzyme active site, and eliminate the ambiguity caused by contamination by other enzymes in the whole-cell experiments.