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1,4-Dimethoxybenzene

ReagentPlus®, 99%

Synonym(s):

p-Methoxyanisole, Dimethylhydroquinone, Hydroquinone dimethyl ether, NSC 7483

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Linear Formula:
C6H4(OCH3)2
CAS Number:
150-78-7
Molecular Weight:
138.16
Beilstein:
774605
EC Number:
205-771-9
MDL number:
MFCD00008401
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24893410
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor density

4.8 (vs air)

vapor pressure

<1 mmHg ( 20 °C)

product line

ReagentPlus®

Assay

99%

form

crystals

autoignition temp.

1463 °F

bp

213 °C (lit.)

mp

54-56 °C (lit.)

density

1.053 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

COc1ccc(OC)cc1

InChI

1S/C8H10O2/c1-9-7-3-5-8(10-2)6-4-7/h3-6H,1-2H3

InChI key

OHBQPCCCRFSCAX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Legal Information

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

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

257.0 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

125 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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H J Altmann et al.
Archives of toxicology. Supplement. = Archiv fur Toxikologie. Supplement, 8, 114-116 (1985-01-01)
Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) is widely used as an antioxidant in foodstuffs, in materials which come into contact with food and also in cosmetic products. The safety of BHA was questioned, however, when it was reported that in a recent Japanese
D W Kim et al.
Organic letters, 3(3), 445-447 (2001-06-29)
[figure: see text] Fused 1,4-dimethoxybenzenes could be oxidized to benzoquinones by either direct oxidation or demethylation-oxidation. The oxidative demethylation of 5,8-dimethoxy-2-methylquinoline using 1.1 equiv of NBS in aqueous THF and a catalytic amount of H2SO4 at 20 degrees C for
M Masuda et al.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 60(5), 806-810 (1996-05-01)
Bovine serum albumin (BSA) added to the reaction medium for the oxidative demethylation of 4-methoxyanisole and its "di-CD3" isotopomer ([d6]methoxyanisole), when catalyzed by liver microsomes from untreated rats, decreased the Km values and increased the V(max)/Km (= V/K) values. The
Tiantian Li et al.
The journal of physical chemistry. A, 115(19), 4988-4994 (2011-04-27)
The effect of substituents on the oxidation potential for the one-electron reaction of 1,4-dimethoxybenzene was understood with a theoretical calculation based on density functional theory (DFT) at the level of B3LYP/6-311+G(d). It is found that the oxidation potential for the
Koji Midorikawa et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), (36)(36), 3794-3796 (2006-09-14)
Selective monoiodination of aromatic compounds such as dimethoxybenzene has been successfully achieved with I+, which is generated by anodic oxidation of I2 in acetonitrile, using micromixing.
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