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M34200

Sigma-Aldrich

4-Methylcatechol

≥95%

Synonym(s):

3,4-Dihydroxytoluene, 4-Methyl-1,2-benzenediol

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Linear Formula:
CH3C6H3-1,2-(OH)2
CAS Number:
452-86-8
Molecular Weight:
124.14
Beilstein:
636512
EC Number:
207-214-5
MDL number:
MFCD00002205
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24896842
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

200

Assay

≥95%

bp

251 °C (lit.)

mp

67-69 °C (lit.)

density

1.129 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

Cc1ccc(O)c(O)c1

InChI

1S/C7H8O2/c1-5-2-3-6(8)7(9)4-5/h2-4,8-9H,1H3

InChI key

ZBCATMYQYDCTIZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

284.0 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

140 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Sisse Jongberg et al.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 59(18), 10329-10335 (2011-08-25)
The interaction between phenolic compounds and protein thiols was investigated in minced beef with or without 500 ppm 4-methylcatechol (4-MC) that had been stored under oxygen or argon for 7 days (4 °C). Myofibrillar protein isolates were extracted, and the
Srinath Pashikanti et al.
Free radical biology & medicine, 48(5), 656-663 (2009-12-09)
Glycation is a nonenzymatic condensation reaction between reducing sugars and amino groups of proteins that undergo rearrangements to stable ketoamines, leading to the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) including fluorescent (argpyrimidine) and nonfluorescent (N(epsilon)-carboxymethyllysine; CML) protein adducts and
Yu-Lin Hsieh et al.
Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology, 68(12), 1269-1281 (2009-11-17)
We assessed the effects of treatment with 4-methylcatechol (4MC), a known inducer of nerve growth factor, on peripheral nerve regeneration by analyzing cutaneous and muscular reinnervation in mice after sciatic nerve crush injury. At 3 months postinjury, the skin innervation
G Glässer et al.
Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology, 9(1), 33-40 (2002-04-02)
The flavonol quercetin is known to be rapidly metabolized after ingestion by enterocytes and bacteria in the intestinal tract which may influence the biological, e.g. antioxidative potency of this compound. Therefore, quercetin and several of its possible metabolites were compared
Queenie W T Chan et al.
BMC genomics, 10, 387-387 (2009-08-22)
There is a major paradox in our understanding of honey bee immunity: the high population density in a bee colony implies a high rate of disease transmission among individuals, yet bees are predicted to express only two-thirds as many immunity
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