1-((Tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)cyclohexanecarboxylic acid

C12H21NO4, 243.303 g/mol. Its structure, the values that were measured, the values that were calculated, and where each one came from.

verified recordOrganic — carboxylic acid

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: C₁₂H₂₁NO₄
Molecular weight: 243.303 g/mol
Exact mass: 243.147058 g/mol
IUPAC name: 1-[(2-methylpropan-2-yl)oxycarbonylamino]cyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid
SMILES: CC(C)(C)OC(=O)NC1(C(=O)O)CCCCC1
InChI: InChI=1S/C12H21NO4/c1-11(2,3)17-10(16)13-12(9(14)15)7-5-4-6-8-12/h4-8H2,1-3H3,(H,13,16)(H,14,15)
InChIKey: URBHKVWOYIMKNO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Calculated properties

Derived from the structure rather than from a sample. These are reproducible and they are not measurements: a calculated partition coefficient and a measured one can differ by a long way, and where both exist they are listed apart on purpose.

Molecular weight: 243.3 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 243.14705815 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3: 2.1calculated · reference compound database; Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area: 75.6 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 300calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 2calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 4calculated · reference compound database
logP: 2.2986calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 75.63 Å²calculated · chemistry engine; Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors: 2calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors: 3calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds: 2calculated · chemistry engine; Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity: 62.8215 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine; Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons: 0.8333calculated · chemistry engine; Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness: 0.7799calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

C Carbon12 atoms · 59.2% by mass
O Oxygen4 atoms · 26.3% by mass
H Hydrogen21 atoms · 8.7% by mass
N Nitrogen1 atom · 5.8% by mass

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded: 17
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 38
Rings: 1
Aromatic rings: 0
Stereocentres: 0
Formal charge: 0

Functional groups

Carboxylic acid
A carbon double-bonded to oxygen and bonded to an –OH group; acidic.
Ester
A carbonyl bonded to an oxygen that links to another carbon.
Amide
A carbonyl bonded directly to nitrogen.
Ether
An oxygen bridging two carbons.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

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The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves 1-((Tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)cyclohexanecarboxylic acid yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is 1-[(2-methylpropan-2-yl)oxycarbonylamino]cyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid.

The sources also call it 1-[(tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino]cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, RefChem:419127, 1-(Boc-amino)cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, MFCD00273427, 1-tert-Butoxycarbonylamino-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, Boc-1-aminocyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid, 1-[(tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino]cyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid, 1-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino)cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, 1-(Boc-amino)-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, 1-((tert-Butoxycarbonyl)amino)cyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid, boc-1-aminocyclohexane carboxylic acid.

Structurally related

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Where these values came from

reference compound database2794744
compound record
chemistry engine
structure perception

compound record.

What this page does not claim

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