173401
1,2,4-Benzenetriol
ReagentPlus®, 99%
Synonym(s):
Hydroxyhydroquinone
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Linear Formula:
C6H3(OH)3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
126.11
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12162002
EC Number:
208-575-1
MDL number:
InChI key
GGNQRNBDZQJCCN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
1S/C6H6O3/c7-4-1-2-5(8)6(9)3-4/h1-3,7-9H
SMILES string
Oc1ccc(O)c(O)c1
product line
ReagentPlus®
assay
99%
form
solid
mp
140 °C (subl.) (lit.)
Quality Level
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General description
1,2,4-Benzenetriol is also known as hydroxyhydroquinone. It is an intermediary metabolite of benzene that is present in roasted coffee beans. It is mutagenic and it causes cleaving of DNA single strands by the generation of reactive oxygen species.
Legal Information
ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
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Danger
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Hazard Classifications
Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3
target_organs
Respiratory system
Storage Class
11 - Combustible Solids
wgk
WGK 3
flash_point_f
Not applicable
flash_point_c
Not applicable
ppe
dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves
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DNA breakage induced by 1, 2, 4-benzenetriol: relative contributions of oxygen-derived active species and transition metal ions
Li AS, et al.
Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 30(9), 943-956 (2001)
Generation of hydrogen peroxide from hydroxyhydroquinone and its inhibition by superoxide dismutase
Hiramoto K, et al.
Journal of Oleo Science, 50(1), 21-28 (2001)
Xun Hu et al.
Bioresource technology, 102(21), 10104-10113 (2011-09-13)
The formation of humin-type polymers and other products during exposure of glucose to methanol/water mixtures with methanol/water mass ratios from 10 to 0.22 in the presence of the acid catalyst Amberlyst 70 was investigated. In water-rich medium (methanol/water mass ratio:
Matthias Boll
Journal of molecular microbiology and biotechnology, 10(2-4), 132-142 (2006-04-29)
The high resonance energy of the benzene ring is responsible for the relative resistance of aromatic compounds to biodegradation. Nevertheless, bacteria from nearly all physiological groups have been isolated which utilize aromatic growth substrates as the sole source of cell
Ryuji Ochiai et al.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, 32(11), 969-974 (2009-08-29)
Recent studies suggest that chlorogenic acids, which are the main components of the polyphenol class in coffee, decrease blood pressure, and that hydroxyhydroquinone (HHQ), which is generated by roasting coffee beans, inhibits the antihypertensive effect of chlorogenic acids in brewed
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