CHEBI:136839 - 2-methoxyethyl group

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ChEBI Name 2-methoxyethyl group
ChEBI ID CHEBI:136839
Definition An organyl group resulting from the formal cleavage of the hydroxy group from 2-methoxyethanol. It is used as a protecting group for carboxylic acids (in contrast to many other water-solubilising esters, the 2-methoxyethyl esters of many amino acids are crystalline, enabling them to be easily purified).
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Formula C3H7O
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 59.087
Monoisotopic Mass 59.04969
SMILES O(CC*)C
Roles Classification
Application(s): carboxylic acid protecting group
A group that serves to protect a carboxylic acid function in the context of a synthesis.
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Outgoing 2-methoxyethyl group (CHEBI:136839) has role carboxylic acid protecting group (CHEBI:52943)
2-methoxyethyl group (CHEBI:136839) is a organyl group (CHEBI:33249)
2-methoxyethyl group (CHEBI:136839) is substituent group from methoxyethane (CHEBI:39832)
Last Modified
13 April 2017