
Methyl phenylglyoxalate
Methyl phenylglyoxalate is the methyl ester of phenylglyoxylic acid with methanol. Metabolite observed in cancer metabolism. It has a role as a human metabolite. It is a methyl ester and an alpha-ketoester. It is functionally related to a phenylglyoxylic acid. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- methyl 2-oxo-2-phenylacetate
- Molecular formula
- C9H8O3
- Molecular weight
- 164.16 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 164.047344113 Da
- XLogP3
- 1.7
- Topological polar surface area
- 43.4 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 3
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
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