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L-2-aminobutyric acid is an amino acid. It is a white crystalline or crystalline powder with the molecular formula C4H9NO2, molecular weight 103.1198, CAS number 1492-24-6, and EINECS number 216-083-3. At 20℃, 100ml water can dissolve 22.7g L-2-aminobutyric acid.
What are the uses of L-2-aminobutyric acid? It can inhibit the transmission of neural information in our body and is widely used in chemical, pharmaceutical, health products, and other industries. It can be used as a medical intermediate of various chiral drugs and an important chiral intermediate of synthetic drugs. L-2-aminobutyric acid can be used for the synthesis of the anti-epileptic drug levetiracetam, and can also be used as a chiral precursor of the anti-tuberculosis drug ethambutol hydrochloride.