3,7-Dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid

3,7-Dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid Structure
3,7-Dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid structure
Common Name 3,7-Dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid
CAS Number 83511-07-3 Molecular Weight 204.179
Density 1.5±0.1 g/cm3 Boiling Point 442.2±35.0 °C at 760 mmHg
Molecular Formula C11H8O4 Melting Point 265 °C±10 °C (dec.)(lit.)
MSDS Chinese USA Flash Point 235.3±22.4 °C
Symbol GHS07
GHS07
Signal Word Warning

Regiospecific O-methylation of naphthoic acids catalyzed by NcsB1, an O-methyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of the enediyne antitumor antibiotic neocarzinostatin.

J. Biol. Chem. 283(21) , 14694-702, (2008)

Neocarzinostatin, a clinical anticancer drug, is the archetypal member of the chromoprotein family of enediyne antitumor antibiotics that are composed of a nonprotein chromophore and an apoprotein. The neocarzinostatin chromophore consists of a nine-membered ...