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Preferred IUPAC name (2E)-3-(4-Hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoic acid | |
Other names Sinapinic acid Sinapic acid 3,5-Dimethoxy-4-hydroxycinnamic acid 4-Hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxycinnamic acid | |
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C11H12O5 | |
Molar mass | 224.21 g/mol |
Melting point | 203 to 205 °C (397 to 401 °F; 476 to 478 K) (decomposes) |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). |
Sinapinic acid, or sinapic acid (Sinapine - Origin: L. Sinapi, sinapis, mustard, Gr., cf. F. Sinapine.) is an organic compound with the formula (CH3O)2(HO)C6H2CH=CHCO2H. It is naturally occurring hydroxycinnamic acid. It is a member of the phenylpropanoid family, which infludes many natural products. [1]
Sinapic acid is found widely in plants including those used for human nutrition. Some common sinapic acid conjugates include esters with malate and choline (sinapine). [2] For example, it can be found in wine, [3] vinegar, [4] and black plums. [5] Sinapine id found in black mustard seeds. It is considered a choline ester of sinapinic acid. [6]
Sinapic acid has attracted much interest as an antioxidant [7]
Sinapic acid can form dimers with itself (one structure) and ferulic acid (three different structures) in cereal cell walls and therefore may have a similar influence on cell-wall structure to that of the diferulic acids. [8]
Sinapate 1-glucosyltransferase is an enzyme that uses UDP-glucose and sinapate to produce UDP and 1-sinapoyl-D-glucose.
Sinapoylglucose—malate O-sinapoyltransferase is an enzyme that uses 1-O-sinapoyl-beta-D-glucose and (S)-malate to produce D-glucose and sinapoyl-(S)-malate.
Canolol is a phenolic compound found in crude canola oil. It is produced by decarboxylation of sinapic acid during canola seed roasting. [9]
Sinapic acid is a used in MALDI mass spectrometry. [10] It serves well as a matrix for MALDI due to its ability to absorb laser radiation and to also donate protons (H+) to the analyte of interest.