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2,2,5,7,8-Pentamethyl-6-chromanol

97%

Synonym(s):

α-C-1-Chromanol, 2,2,5,7,8-Pentamethyl-3,4-dihydrochromen-6-ol, 2,2,5,7,8-Pentamethyl-6-hydroxychroman, 3,4-Dihydro-2,2,5,7,8-pentamethyl-2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol, 6-Hydroxy-2,2,5,7,8-pentamethylchroman

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C14H20O2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
220.31
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

97%

form

solid

mp

89-91 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

Cc1c(C)c2OC(C)(C)CCc2c(C)c1O

InChI

1S/C14H20O2/c1-8-9(2)13-11(10(3)12(8)15)6-7-14(4,5)16-13/h15H,6-7H2,1-5H3

InChI key

SEBPXHSZHLFWRL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

human ... AR(367)

General description

2,2,5,7,8-Pentamethyl-6-chromanol has been reported as an vitamin E model compound. It undergoes oxidation in presence of various alcohols, ranging from methanol to cholesterol, affords 5-alkoxymethyl-2,2,7,8-tetramethyl-6-chromanols. Antioxidant moiety of vitamin E, 2,2,5,7,8-pentamethyl-6-chromanol (PMCol), is reported to have antiandrogen activity in prostate carcinoma cells.

Application

2,2,5,7,8-Pentamethyl-6-chromanol is the suitable reagent used for the quantitative analysis of α-tocopherol by plasma-based gas chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (GC/MS/MS) using a tabletop quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer. It may be employed as α-tocopherol model compound and on oxidation by t-butyl hydroperoxide in chloroform, in the presence of alcohol, affords 5-alkoxymethyl-2,2,7,8-tetramethyl-6-chromanol. It may be used as internal standard for the determination of α- and γ-tocopherol in the rabbit serum and liver by HPLC.

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Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

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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Jolanta Gruszka et al.
Free radical biology & medicine, 45(6), 920-928 (2008-07-19)
Singlet oxygen quenching rate constants for tocopherol and tocotrienol homologues have been determined in organic solvents of different polarities, as well as for other biological prenyllipids such as plastoquinol, ubiquinol, and alpha-tocopherolquinol. The obtained results showed that the quenching activity
Raymond Hreiche et al.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 47(2), 210-220 (2009-02-24)
Drug-induced QT interval prolongation is a condition likely to be aggravated by diabetes. The objective of this study was to evaluate how glucose concentration may modulate drug effects on ventricular repolarization and on cardiac repolarizing potassium currents. Guinea pig hearts
C K Van Pelt et al.
Analytical chemistry, 70(20), 4369-4375 (1998-10-31)
A rapid, high-selectivity method with subfemtomole sensitivity is reported for quantification of alpha-tocopherol in plasma-based gas chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (GC/MS/MS) using a tabletop quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer. Sample workup is rapid, consisting of protein precipitation followed by liquid/liquid extraction
Katerina Krumova et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134(24), 10102-10113 (2012-05-10)
The preparation of two highly sensitive fluorogenic α-tocopherol (TOH) analogues which undergo >30-fold fluorescence intensity enhancement upon reaction with peroxyl radicals is reported. The probes consist of a chromanol moiety coupled to the meso position of a BODIPY fluorophore, where
New oxidation products of 2, 2, 5, 7, 8-pentamethyl-6-chromanol.
Suarna C, et al.
Lipids, 23(12), 1129-1131 (1988)

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