2-Arachidonoylglycerol
[CAS# 53847-30-6]

Identification

• Name: 2-Arachidonoylglycerol
• Synonyms: [2-Hydroxy-1-(Hydroxymethyl)Ethyl] (5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-Icosa-5,8,11,14-Tetraenoate; (5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-Icosa-5,8,11,14-Tetraenoic Acid [2-Hydroxy-1-(Hydroxymethyl)Ethyl] Ester; (5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-Icosa-5,8,11,14-Tetraenoic Acid (2-Hydroxy-1-Methylol-Ethyl) Ester
• Molecular Formula: C₂₃H₃₈O₄
• Molecular Weight: 378.55
• CAS Registry Number: 53847-30-6
• SMILES: C(C(OC(CO)CO)=O)CC\C=C/C/C=C\C\C=C/C/C=C\CCCCC
• InChI: 1S/C23H38O4/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-23(26)27-22(20-24)21-25/h6-7,9-10,12-13,15-16,22,24-25H,2-5,8,11,14,17-21H2,1H3/b7-6-,10-9-,13-12-,16-15-
• InChIKey: RCRCTBLIHCHWDZ-DOFZRALJSA-N

Properties

• Density: 0.992g/cm³ (Cal.)
• Boiling point: 508.647°C at 760 mmHg (Cal.)
• Flash point: 162.963°C (Cal.)
• solubility: Soluble to 100 mM in ethanol and to 100 mM in DMSO

References

• (1): Ioannis Karageorgos, Sergiy Tyukhtenko, Nikolai Zvonok, David R. Janero, Christine Sallum and Alexandros Makriyannis. Identification by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of an active-site hydrogen-bond network in human monoacylglycerol lipase (hMGL): implications for hMGL dynamics, pharmacological inhibition, and catalytic mechanism, Mol. Biosyst., 2010, 6, 1381.