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3,4-Dihydroxy-1-butene

≥99%

Synonym(s):

3-Butene-1,2-diol

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Linear Formula:
CH2=CHCH(OH)CH2OH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
88.11
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
207-835-1
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1633578
MDL number:
Assay:
≥99%
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Product Name

3,4-Dihydroxy-1-butene, ≥99%

InChI key

ITMIAZBRRZANGB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C4H8O2/c1-2-4(6)3-5/h2,4-6H,1,3H2

SMILES string

OCC(O)C=C

assay

≥99%

bp

195 °C/733 mmHg (lit.)

density

1.047 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

hydroxyl

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Application

3,4-Dihydroxy-1-butene can be used:
  • As a reactant to synthesize cyclic organic carbonates by continuous flow procedure.
  • To prepare substituted oxazolidinone ligands used to target medicinally relevant RNAs.

General description

3,4-Dihydroxy-1-butene, also known as 3-butene-1,2-diol (BDdiol), is a metabolite of 1,3-butadiene. It forms the precursor for synthesizing different chiral building blocks. BDdiol can undergo oxidation to form hydroxymethylvinyl ketone (HMVK). 1,2-epoxy-3-butene (EB) on hydrolysis in the presence of epoxide hydrolases (EH) forms BDdiol.

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter


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3-Butene-1, 2-diol: An attractive precursor for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure organic compounds.
Rao AVR, et al.
Tetrahedron, 45(22), 7031-7040 (1989)
Versatile and scalable synthesis of cyclic organic carbonates under organocatalytic continuous flow conditions
Gerardy R, et al.
Catalysis Science & Technology, 9(24), 6841-6851 (2019)
Gregory M Sandala et al.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 15(19), 4865-4873 (2009-03-28)
High-level conventional ab initio and density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been performed to examine the fate of the native substrate glycerol (1) and its analogue but-3-ene-1,2-diol (7) in the coenzyme B(12)-dependent enzyme glycerol dehydratase (GDH). Experimental studies find that
X Cheng et al.
Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals, 21(1), 121-124 (1993-01-01)
A rapid, simple extraction and GC assay procedure is described that allows quantitation of micromolar concentrations of butadiene bisoxide and 3-butene-1,2-diol in microsomal suspensions exposed to butadiene. Butane-1,4-diol is used as the internal standard. The recovery of these compounds from
R J Krause et al.
Chemical research in toxicology, 14(12), 1590-1595 (2001-12-18)
The metabolic fate of 3-butene-1,2-diol (BDD), a secondary metabolite of the industrial carcinogen, 1,3-butadiene, is unclear. The current study characterizes BDD oxidation to hydroxymethylvinyl ketone (HMVK), a reactive Michael acceptor. Because of its instability in aqueous medium, HMVK was trapped

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