Tyrosine

• Formula: C₉H₁₁NO₃
• Molecular weight: 181.1885
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C9H11NO3/c10-8(9(12)13)5-6-1-3-7(11)4-2-6/h1-4,8,11H,5,10H2,(H,12,13)/t8-/m1/s1 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: OUYCCCASQSFEME-MRVPVSSYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 60-18-4
• Chemical structure:
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• Stereoisomers:
  • Tyrosine
  • 2-Amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propanoic acid
• Other names: L-Tyrosine; Tyrosine, L-; α-Amino-β-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid; (-)-α-Amino-p-hydroxyhydrocinnamic acid; p-Tyrosine; Benzenepropanoic acid, α-amino-4-hydroxy-, (S)-; L-p-Tyrosine; L-Phenylalanine, 4-hydroxy-; Propanoic acid, 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-, (S)-; L-2-Amino-3-p-hydroxyphenylpropanoic acid; (S)-α-Amino-4-hydroxybenzenepropanoic acid; (S)-Tyrosine; NSC 82624
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  • Condensed phase thermochemistry data
  • Phase change data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Phase change data

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Data compiled by: William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of sublimation

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess

De-protonation reactions

 +  =

By formula: C₉H₁₀NO₃^- + H⁺ = C₉H₁₁NO₃

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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References

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Huffman, Fox, et al., 1937
Huffman, H.M.; Fox, S.W.; Ellis, E.L., Thermal data. VII. The heats of combustion of seven amino acids, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1937, 59, 2144-21. [all data]

Emery and Benedict, 1911
Emery, A.G.; Benedict, F.G., The heat of combustion of compounds of physiological importance, Am. J. Physiol., 1911, 28, 301-307. [all data]

Cole, Hutchens, et al., 1963
Cole, A.G.; Hutchens, J.O.; Stout, J.W., Heat capacities from 11 to 305°K. and entropies of L-phenylalanine, L-proline, L-tryptophane, and L-tyrosine. Some free energies of formation, J. Phys. Chem., 1963, 67, 1852-1855. [all data]

Huffman and Ellis, 1937
Huffman, H.M.; Ellis, E.L., Thermal data. VIII. The heat capacities, entropies and free energies of some amino acids, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1937, 59, 2150-2152. [all data]

Gaffney, Pierce, et al., 1977
Gaffney, Jeffrey S.; Pierce, Robert C.; Friedman, Lewis, Mass spectrometer study of evaporation of .alpha.-amino acids, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99, 13, 4293-4298, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00455a015 . [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Tian, Wang, et al., 2009
Tian, Z.X.; Wang, X.B.; Wang, L.S.; Kass, S.R., Are Carboxyl Groups the Most Acidic Sites in Amino Acids? Gas-Phase Acidities, Photoelectron Spectra, and Computations on Tyrosine, p-Hydroxybenzoic Acid, and Their Conjugate Bases, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 3, 1174-1181, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja807982k . [all data]

Jones, Bernier, et al., 2007
Jones, C.M.; Bernier, M.; Carson, E.; Colyer, K.E.; Metz, R.; Pawlow, A.; Wischow, E.D.; Webb, I.; Andriole, E.J.; Poutsma, J.C., Gas-phase Acities of the 20 Protein Amino Acids, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 2007, 267, 1-3, 54-62, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2007.02.018 . [all data]

O'Hair, Bowie, et al., 1992
O'Hair, R.J.; Bowie, J.H.; Gronert, S., Gas Phase Acidity of the alpha-Amino Acids, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Proc., 1992, 117, 23, https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1176(92)80083-D . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  S°solid,1 bar	Entropy of solid at standard conditions (1 bar)
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation

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