N-[(3S)-2-Oxotetrahydro-3-furanyl]octadecanamide

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N-[(3S)-2-Oxotetrahydro-3-furanyl]octadecanamide Structure
N-[(3S)-2-Oxotetrahydro-3-furanyl]octadecanamide structure
Common Name N-[(3S)-2-Oxotetrahydro-3-furanyl]octadecanamide
CAS Number 479050-96-9 Molecular Weight 367.566
Density 1.0±0.1 g/cm3 Boiling Point 548.6±39.0 °C at 760 mmHg
Molecular Formula C22H41NO3 Melting Point N/A
MSDS N/A Flash Point 285.6±27.1 °C

 Use of N-[(3S)-2-Oxotetrahydro-3-furanyl]octadecanamide


Quorum sensing is a regulatory system used by bacteria to control gene expression in response to increased cell density. This regulatory process manifests itself in a variety of phenotypes, including biofilm formation and virulence factor production. Coordinated gene expression is achieved through the production, release and detection of small diffusible signaling molecules called autoinducers. N-acylated homoserine lactones (AHLs) comprise a class of such autoinducers, each of which generally consists of a fatty acid coupled to a homoserine lactone (HSL). Modulation of bacterial quorum-sensing signaling systems to suppress pathogenesis represents a new approach to antimicrobial therapy for infectious diseases. AHLs differ in acyl length (C4-C18), C3 substitution (hydrogen, hydroxyl, or oxo group), and the presence or absence of one or more carbon-carbon double bonds in the fatty acid chain. These differences confer signaling specificity through the affinity of the LuxR family of transcriptional regulators. C18-HSL, one of four lipophilic long acyl side chain AHLs produced by the LuxI AHL synthase homolog SinI, is involved in quorum-sensing signaling in strains of Rhizobium meliloti (a nitrogen-fixing bacterial symbiont of the legume M. sativa) . C18-HSL and other hydrophobic AHLs tend to localize in the relatively lipophilic environment of bacterial cells and cannot diffuse freely across the cell membrane. Long-chain N-acyl homoserine lactones can be exported from cells by efflux pumps, or can be transported between communicating cells by extracellular outer membrane vesicles.

 Names

Name N-(2-oxooxolan-3-yl)octadecanamide
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  Biological Activity

Description Quorum sensing is a regulatory system used by bacteria to control gene expression in response to increased cell density. This regulatory process manifests itself in a variety of phenotypes, including biofilm formation and virulence factor production. Coordinated gene expression is achieved through the production, release and detection of small diffusible signaling molecules called autoinducers. N-acylated homoserine lactones (AHLs) comprise a class of such autoinducers, each of which generally consists of a fatty acid coupled to a homoserine lactone (HSL). Modulation of bacterial quorum-sensing signaling systems to suppress pathogenesis represents a new approach to antimicrobial therapy for infectious diseases. AHLs differ in acyl length (C4-C18), C3 substitution (hydrogen, hydroxyl, or oxo group), and the presence or absence of one or more carbon-carbon double bonds in the fatty acid chain. These differences confer signaling specificity through the affinity of the LuxR family of transcriptional regulators. C18-HSL, one of four lipophilic long acyl side chain AHLs produced by the LuxI AHL synthase homolog SinI, is involved in quorum-sensing signaling in strains of Rhizobium meliloti (a nitrogen-fixing bacterial symbiont of the legume M. sativa) . C18-HSL and other hydrophobic AHLs tend to localize in the relatively lipophilic environment of bacterial cells and cannot diffuse freely across the cell membrane. Long-chain N-acyl homoserine lactones can be exported from cells by efflux pumps, or can be transported between communicating cells by extracellular outer membrane vesicles.
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 Chemical & Physical Properties

Density 1.0±0.1 g/cm3
Boiling Point 548.6±39.0 °C at 760 mmHg
Molecular Formula C22H41NO3
Molecular Weight 367.566
Flash Point 285.6±27.1 °C
Exact Mass 367.308655
PSA 55.40000
LogP 6.34
Vapour Pressure 0.0±1.5 mmHg at 25°C
Index of Refraction 1.479

 Synonyms

N-octadecanoyl-L-Homoserine lactone
Octadecanamide, N-[(3S)-tetrahydro-2-oxo-3-furanyl]-
N-[(3S)-2-Oxotetrahydro-3-furanyl]octadecanamide