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Sigma-Aldrich

3-Pyridinemethanol

98%

Synonym(s):

ω-Hydroxy-3-picoline, 3-(Hydroxymethyl)pyridine, 3-Pyridyl carbinol

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H7NO
CAS Number:
100-55-0
Molecular Weight:
109.13
Beilstein:
107851
EC Number:
202-864-6
MDL number:
MFCD00006407
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24898789
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

200

Assay

98%

refractive index

n20/D 1.545 (lit.)

bp

154 °C/28 mmHg (lit.)

density

1.124 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

OCc1cccnc1

InChI

1S/C6H7NO/c8-5-6-2-1-3-7-4-6/h1-4,8H,5H2

InChI key

MVQVNTPHUGQQHK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

3-Pyridinemethanol, an aromatic primary alcohol, is the key moiety of many bio-active and industrially important compounds.

Application

3-Pyridinemethanol can undergo aerobic photo-oxidation in the presence of catalytic amount of hydrobromic acid to form nicotinic acid.

Pictograms

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GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H319

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

275.0 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

135 °C - closed cup

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dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Conformational stability, molecular structure, vibrational, electronic, 1H and 13C spectral analysis of 3-pyridinemethanol using ab-initio/DFT method.
Sivaranjani T
Journal of Molecular Structure, 1108, 398-410 (2016)
Aerobic photo-oxidation of alcohols in the presence of a catalytic inorganic bromo source.
Hirashima S
Tetrahedron, 62(33), 7887-7891 (2006)
T Fazekas et al.
Acta physiologica Hungarica, 74(2), 169-174 (1989-01-01)
The antilipolytic, nicotinic acid analogue beta-pyridylcarbinol (Ronicol) has previously been reported to decrease the free fatty acid (FFA) concentration of the arteria-blood, and to moderate the FFA-uptake and O2-consumption of the myocardium; on this basis, the drug may be expected
C Keller et al.
Klinische Wochenschrift, 66(14), 647-650 (1988-07-15)
We report two cases of unusual hepatic lesions following years of monotherapy with pyridylcarbinol (timespan) in a daily dose of 1.35 to 1.5 g for familial hypercholesterolemia. Mild elevations of liver enzymes correlated to a large tumor-like mass in the
The active site of liver alcohol dehydrogenase mechanistic inferences from the binding and turnover of 2-, 3-, and 4-pyridylcarbinols.
Y Pocker et al.
Progress in clinical and biological research, 232, 179-187 (1987-01-01)
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