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1,2,4-Benzenetriol

ReagentPlus®, 99%

Synonym(s):

Hydroxyhydroquinone

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Linear Formula:
C6H3(OH)3
CAS Number:
533-73-3
Molecular Weight:
126.11
EC Number:
208-575-1
MDL number:
MFCD00002198
UNSPSC Code:
12162002
PubChem Substance ID:
24850442
NACRES:
NA.23

Quality Level

100

product line

ReagentPlus®

assay

99%

form

solid

mp

140 °C (subl.) (lit.)

SMILES string

Oc1ccc(O)c(O)c1

InChI

1S/C6H6O3/c7-4-1-2-5(8)6(9)3-4/h1-3,7-9H

InChI key

GGNQRNBDZQJCCN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

1,2,4-Benzenetriol is also known as hydroxyhydroquinone. It is an intermediary metabolite of benzene that is present in roasted coffee beans. It is mutagenic and it causes cleaving of DNA single strands by the generation of reactive oxygen species.

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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CorrosionExclamation mark
GHS05,GHS07

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Generation of hydrogen peroxide from hydroxyhydroquinone and its inhibition by superoxide dismutase
Hiramoto K, et al.
Journal of Oleo Science, 50(1), 21-28 (2001)
Karolina Nordin et al.
Applied and environmental microbiology, 71(11), 6538-6544 (2005-11-05)
Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6, a previously described 4-chlorophenol-degrading strain, was found to degrade 4-chlorophenol via hydroxyquinol, which is a novel route for aerobic microbial degradation of this compound. In addition, 10 open reading frames exhibiting sequence similarity to genes encoding enzymes
Rolis Chien-Wei Hou et al.
Journal of biomedical science, 13(1), 89-99 (2005-11-26)
Hydroxyhydroquinone or 1,2,4-benzenetriol (BT) detected in the beverages has a structure that coincides with the water-soluble form of a sesame lignan, sesamol. We previously showed that sesame antioxidants had neuroprotective abilities due to their antioxidant properties and/or inducible nitric oxide
Atsushi Suzuki et al.
FEBS letters, 580(9), 2317-2322 (2006-04-04)
Chlorogenic acid, a polyphenol found in coffee, has antihypertensive actions, but epidemiologic data on the effects of coffee on blood pressure are controversial. Specific coffee components that inhibit the hypotensive effect of chlorogenic acid and the physiologic mechanisms underlying the
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Environmental and molecular mutagenesis, 45(4), 388-396 (2005-01-22)
The loss and gain of whole chromosomes (aneuploidy) is common in the development of leukemia and other cancers. In acute myeloid leukemia, the loss (monosomy) of chromosomes 5 and 7 and the gain (trisomy) of chromosome 8 are common clonal
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