p-Nitrophenyl β-D-Glucopyranoside (cas# 2492-87-7) is a compound useful in organic synthesis.
ChEBI: A beta-D-glucoside that is beta-D-glucopyranose in which the anomeric hydroxy hydrogen is replaced by a 4-nitrophenyl group.
Chromogenic substrate for β-glucosidase.
Purify 4-nitrophenyl--D-glucopyranoside by recrystallisation from EtOH or H2O. [Montgomery et al. J Am Chem Soc 64 690 1942, Snyder & Link J Am Chem Soc 75 1758 1953.] It is a chromogenic substrate for -glucosidases [Weber & Fink J Biol Chem 255 9030 1980]. [Beilstein 17/7 V53.]
