Skip to Content
Merck
All Photos(4)

Key Documents

View All Documentation

N8141

Sigma-Aldrich

4-Nitroquinoline N-oxide

≥98%

Synonym(s):

4-NQO, 4-Nitroquinoline 1-oxide

Sign Into View Organizational & Contract Pricing
All Photos(4)

About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C9H6N2O3
CAS Number:
56-57-5
Molecular Weight:
190.16
Beilstein:
165756
EC Number:
200-281-1
MDL number:
MFCD00006738
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
57654464
NACRES:
NA.22
Pricing and availability is not currently available.

Assay

≥98%

color

yellow to brown

mp

154-156 °C (lit.)

solubility

acetone: soluble, clear to hazy

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

[O-][N+](=O)c1cc[n+]([O-])c2ccccc12

InChI

1S/C9H6N2O3/c12-10-6-5-9(11(13)14)7-3-1-2-4-8(7)10/h1-6H

InChI key

YHQDZJICGQWFHK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Looking for similar products? Visit Product Comparison Guide

Related Categories

General description

4-Nitroquinoline N-oxide is a quinoline derivative widely used in chemical research and development.[1]

Application

4-Nitroquinoline N-oxide has been used as a model compound to study its carcinogenic effects.[2][3]

Biochem/physiol Actions

Skin and lung tumor initiator under experimental conditions.

Pictograms

Health hazard
GHS08

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H350

Hazard Classifications

Carc. 1B

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Choose from one of the most recent versions:

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
WXBF5147V
WXBF2882V
WXBF4518V
WXBF2413V
WXBF0234V

Don't see the Right Version?

If you require a particular version, you can look up a specific certificate by the Lot or Batch number.

Search for a COA

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Antitumor activity of ficus deltoidea extract on oral cancer: An in vivo study
Al-Koshab M, et al.
Journal of Oncology, 2020 (2020)
Interplay of DNA repair, homologous recombination, and DNA polymerases in resistance to the DNA damaging agent 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide in Escherichia coli.
Williams AB, et al.
DNA Repair, 9(10), 1090-1097 (2010)
Ye Du et al.
Environment international, 135, 105369-105369 (2019-12-17)
Effluents from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) may contain various pollutants with potential toxic effects. Ozonation is widely applied to purify wastewater, which may influence the toxicity and water quality indices simultaneously. The main goal of this study was to reveal
The antimutagenic effect of monoterpenes against UV-irradiation-, 4NQO-and t-BOOH-induced mutagenesis in coli.
Nikolic B, et al.
Archives of Biological Sciences, 63(1), 117-128 (2011)
J Peter Svensson et al.
PloS one, 7(5), e37368-e37368 (2012-05-23)
Studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae show that many proteins influence cellular survival upon exposure to DNA damaging agents. We hypothesized that human orthologs of these S. cerevisiae proteins would also be required for cellular survival after treatment with DNA damaging agents.
View All Related Papers

Articles

Carcinogenesis and Epigenetics

Cancer research has revealed that the classical model of carcinogenesis, a three step process consisting of initiation, promotion, and progression, is not complete.

Questions

Reviews

No rating value

Active Filters

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service