Compound
2-phenylacetamide
A monocarboxylic acid amide that is acetamide substituted by a phenyl group at position 2.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:16562), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
1 entity
1 entities reached.
0 reported hops1 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Statements
2 statements
2 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: 2-phenylacetamide · Sources: Human-GEM
- L-phenylalanine is converted to 2-phenylacetamideCompoundHuman-GEM MAR07628Inferred only
- 2-phenylacetamide is a substrate of FAAH2ProteinHuman-GEM MAR07756Inferred only
Reactions
4 reactions
dioxygen+L-phenylalanine2-phenylacetamide+carbon dioxide+water
Catalysed by EPX
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 1.11.1.7GO:0005829
Human-GEM MAR07628CC BY 4.0Reference data
2-phenylacetamide+waterproton+ammonium+MAM02720c
Catalysed by FAAH2
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 3.5.1.4GO:0005829
Human-GEM MAR07756CC BY 4.0Reference data
L-phenylalanine+dioxygen2-phenylacetamide+carbon dioxide+water
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:10712CC BY 4.0Reference data
2-phenylacetamide+waterCHEBI:18401+ammonium
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:64820CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
9 names
Resolves to: 2-phenylacetamide
- Also called
- alpha-phenylacetamidealpha-toluamidebenzeneacetamidephenyl-beta-acetylaminephenyl-β-acetylaminephenylacetamidephenylacetic acid amideα-phenylacetamideα-toluamide