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Xanthydrol

98%

Synonym(s):

9-Hydroxyxanthene, 9-Xanthenol

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C13H10O2
CAS Number:
90-46-0
Molecular Weight:
198.22
Beilstein:
10395
EC Number:
201-996-1
MDL number:
MFCD00005057
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24855221
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

98%

form

powder

mp

127-128 °C (lit.)

solubility

methanol: soluble 50 mg/mL, slightly hazy

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

OC1c2ccccc2Oc3ccccc13

InChI

1S/C13H10O2/c14-13-9-5-1-3-7-11(9)15-12-8-4-2-6-10(12)13/h1-8,13-14H

InChI key

JFRMYMMIJXLMBB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Xanthydrol is also known as 9H-xanthen-9-ol.

Application

Xanthydrol has been used as derivatization reagent in the determination of:
  • acrylamide in surface and drinking water by GC-MS method
  • urea by HPLC with fluorescence detection

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Hyun-Hee Lim et al.
Journal of separation science, 36(18), 3059-3066 (2013-07-10)
A sensitive GC-MS method has been established for the determination of acrylamide in surface and drinking water based on derivatization with xanthydrol. Deuterated acrylamide (acrylamide-d3 ) was chosen as the internal standard for analyzing the water sample. The derivatization of
Kumiko Yamazaki et al.
Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment, 29(5), 705-715 (2012-01-20)
A novel GC-MS method was developed for the determination of acrylamide, which is applicable to a variety of processed foods, including potato snacks, corn snacks, biscuits, instant noodles, coffee, soy sauces and miso (fermented soy bean paste). The method involves
Shona Clark et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1161(1-2), 207-213 (2007-06-16)
A high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for the determination of urea that incorporates automated derivatisation with xanthydrol (9H-xanthen-9-ol) is described. Unlike the classic xanthydrol approach for the determination of urea, which involves the precipitation of dixanthylurea (N,N'-di-9H-xanthen-9-ylurea), the derivatisation procedure
P V Biles et al.
Journal of AOAC International, 81(6), 1155-1161 (1998-12-16)
Contamination of food and food packaging material by rodent urine is evidence of insanitary conditions. Urea from rodent urine is used as a chemical indicator of contamination. The limit of detection of the xanthydrol/urea AOAC Method 959.14 by formation of

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