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N-Dodecanoyl-L-homoserine lactone

≥96% (HPLC), suitable for mass spectrometry (MS)

Synonym(s):

N-Lauroyl-L-homoserine lactone, N-[(3S)-Tetrahydro-2-oxo-3-furanyl]dodecanamide, C12-HSL

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C16H29NO3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
283.41
Beilstein:
9281984
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.28

product name

N-Dodecanoyl-L-homoserine lactone, ≥96% (HPLC)

Assay

≥96% (HPLC)

form

powder or crystals

optical activity

[α]/D -25±5°, c = 0.2 in methanol

technique(s)

mass spectrometry (MS): suitable

color

white to off-white

suitability

conforms to structure for Proton NMR spectrum

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

O=C1OCC[C@@H]1NC(CCCCCCCCCCC)=O

InChI

1S/C16H29NO3/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-15(18)17-14-12-13-20-16(14)19/h14H,2-13H2,1H3,(H,17,18)/t14-/m0/s1

InChI key

WILLZMOKUUPJSL-AWEZNQCLSA-N

Biochem/physiol Actions

N-Dodecanoyl-L-homoserine lactone is a member of N-acyl-homoserine lactone family. N-Acylhomoserine lactones (AHL) regulate gene expression in gram-negative bacteria, such as Echerichia and Salmonella, and are involved in quorum sensing, cell to cell communication among bacteria; for reviews see. Bacterial intercellular communication has become a target for the development of new anti-virulence drugs, and a research focus for the prevention of biofilm formation.
Quorum-sensing signal generation

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 4

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Cytotoxicity of N-dodecanoyl-Lhomoserine lactone and 5-N-dodecyl resorcinol to human granulocytes and monocytes: a comparative study.
Sviridova, T. et al.
Central European Journal of Immunology, 38, 310-316 (2013)
G Brelles-Mariño et al.
Journal of biotechnology, 91(2-3), 197-209 (2001-09-22)
Quorum sensing (also called autoinduction) is a term that describes an environmental sensing system that allows bacteria to monitor their own population density. Autoinduction relies upon the interaction of a small diffusible signal molecule (the autoinducer) with a transcriptional activator
Sun-Yang Park et al.
Applied and environmental microbiology, 71(5), 2632-2641 (2005-05-05)
N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs) play an important role in regulating virulence factors in pathogenic bacteria. Recently, the enzymatic inactivation of AHLs, which can be used as antibacterial targets, has been identified in several soil bacteria. In this study, strain M664, identified
Nishaben M Patel et al.
PloS one, 11(10), e0163469-e0163469 (2016-10-06)
N-acyl L-homoserine lactones (AHLs) constitute a predominant class of quorum-sensing signaling molecules used by Gram-negative bacteria. Here, we report a sensitive and non-targeted HPLC-MS/MS method based on parallel reaction monitoring (PRM) to identify and quantitate known, unanticipated, and novel AHLs
Xiaoxiang Liu et al.
International journal of food microbiology, 270, 31-38 (2018-02-23)
Microorganism activities are considered the main cause of most food spoilage, leading to great economic losses. Pseudomonas fluorescens is a Gram-negative bacterium that is widely found in food and has high spoilage activity. RpoS is considered an important global regulator

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