Specification
Synonyms
(±)-2-Aminopropionic acid
Canonical SMILES
CC(N)C(O)=O
InChI
1S/C3H7NO2/c1-2(4)3(5)6/h2H,4H2,1H3,(H,5,6)
InChI Key
QNAYBMKLOCPYGJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Melting Point
289 ℃(dec.) (lit.)
Application
DL-Alanine, a racemic mixture of D- and L-alanine, is used as a model reagent for development of amino acid racemic resolution techniques. DL-Alanine is used in mixed ligand (chelate) studies with transition metals such as Cu(II), Zn(ll) and Cd(ll).
Technique
ligand binding assay: suitable