3-Deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-Phosphate is an intermediate useful in the synthesis of 3-Deoxy-D-arabinoheptulosonic Acid 7-Phosphate Disodium Salt (D232050), which stands at the beginning of the enzyme-catalyzed cascade that starts with this seven-carbon carbohydrate and ends with the aromatic amino acids phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan.