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3,4-Dimethylphenol

98%

Synonym(s):

1,2-Dimethyl-4-hydroxybenzene, 3,4-Xylenol, 4-Hydroxy-o-xylene

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Linear Formula:
(CH3)2C6H3OH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
122.16
Beilstein:
1099267
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

Assay

98%

form

crystals

bp

227 °C (lit.)

mp

65-68 °C

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

Cc1ccc(O)cc1C

InChI

1S/C8H10O/c1-6-3-4-8(9)5-7(6)2/h3-5,9H,1-2H3

InChI key

YCOXTKKNXUZSKD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Applications of 3,4-dimethylphenol:
  • It can react with ethyl cinnamates in trifluoroacetic acid to form the corresponding dihydrocoumarin derivatives.
  • Bromination of 3,4-dimethylphenol using bromine can lead to 6-bromo-3,4-dimethylphenol.
  • It can react with 1-fluoro-4-chloromethyl-1,4-diazoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane bis(tetrafluoro-borate) (Selectfluor® F-TEDA-BF4) to form 4-fluoro-3,4-dimethylcyclohexa-2,5-dienone.

Legal Information

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

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class Code

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

230.0 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

110 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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A convenient synthesis of dihydrocoumarins from phenols and cinnamic acid derivatives
Aoki S, et al.
Tetrahedron, 61(39), 9291-9297 (2005)
Synthesis, x-ray structures, conformational fixation, and proton NMR spectroscopic studies.
Andreetti G D, et al.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 58(15), 4023-4032 (1993)
Efficient Synthesis of 4-Fluorocyclohexa-2, 5-dienone Derivatives using N-fluoro-1, 4-diazoniabicyclo [2.2. 2] octane Salt Analogues
Stavber S, et al.
Synlett, 1999(09), 1375-1378 (1999)
V Shingler et al.
Journal of bacteriology, 174(3), 711-724 (1992-02-01)
The meta-cleavage pathway for catechol is one of the major routes for the microbial degradation of aromatic compounds. Pseudomonas sp. strain CF600 grows efficiently on phenol, cresols, and 3,4-dimethylphenol via a plasmid-encoded multicomponent phenol hydroxylase and a subsequent meta-cleavage pathway.
Yue Qi Ye et al.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 22(7), 2385-2387 (2012-03-14)
Vialinin A (1) is an extremely potent inhibitor against tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α production in rat basophilic leukemia (RBL-2H3) cells. This Letter describes the design and synthesis of its advanced analog, 5',6'-dimethyl-1,1':4'1″-terphenyl-2',3',4,4″-tetraol (2) with a comparable inhibitory activity (IC(50)=0.02 nM)

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