Chemical Property of CID 6971145
Chemical Property:
- Appearance/Colour:off-white solid
- Melting Point:185-187 °C
- Refractive Index:1.571
- Boiling Point:324.36°C (rough estimate)
- PKA:2.12±0.10(Predicted)
- PSA:131.32000
- Density:1.679 g/cm3
- LogP:-1.75820
- Storage Temp.:2-8°C
- Solubility.:NH4OH 1 M: 20 mg/mL, clear, colorless
- Water Solubility.:Soluble in ethanol, water. Insoluble in organic solvents.
- XLogP3:-3.2
- Hydrogen Bond Donor Count:2
- Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count:5
- Rotatable Bond Count:2
- Exact Mass:189.03857033
- Heavy Atom Count:13
- Complexity:259
- Purity/Quality:
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≥97% *data from raw suppliers
L-Quisqualic acid *data from reagent suppliers
Safty Information:
- Pictogram(s):
Xn
- Hazard Codes:Xn
- Statements:
20/21/22
- Safety Statements:
26-36
- MSDS Files:
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SDS file from LookChem
Useful:
- Canonical SMILES:C(C(C(=O)[O-])[NH3+])N1C(=O)NC(=O)O1
- Isomeric SMILES:C([C@@H](C(=O)[O-])[NH3+])N1C(=O)NC(=O)O1
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Description
L-Quisqualic acid is a natural analog of glutamate that acts as an agonist at AMPA-selective and metabotropic glutamate receptors (EC50s = 170, 10, 40, and 29 nM at GluR-A, mGluR1, mGluR3, and mGluR5, respectively), as well as the ionotropic kainate receptor (GRIK4; Ki = 6.43 nM). L-Quisqualic acid is used to study receptor dynamics and as an excitotoxin to selectively destroy neurons in the brain or spinal cord.
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Uses
An amino acid that is able to function as an agonist at multiple excitatory amino acid receptor substrates in the central nervous system. It also has high affinity for the kainate, AMPA and the metabotropic receptors. Inhibits the Ca2+/Cl-dependent glutamic acid uptake system in brain synaptic plasma membrane preparations. Quisqualic acid has been used to test ligand-gated receptors in spiral ganglion neurons. Quisqualic acid is used to differentiate between mGluR-1 and mGluR-4. L-Quisqualic acid is an activator of GluR.