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Merck
CN

01479

2-Hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone

certified reference material, TraceCERT®

Synonym(s):

Oxybenzone

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
HOC6H3(OCH3)COC6H5
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
228.24
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
205-031-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1913145
MDL number:
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Quality Level

product line

TraceCERT®

grade

certified reference material, TraceCERT®

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

bp

150-160 °C/5 mmHg (lit.)

mp

62-64 °C (lit.)

application(s)

environmental

format

neat

SMILES string

COc1ccc(c(O)c1)C(=O)c2ccccc2

InChI

1S/C14H12O3/c1-17-11-7-8-12(13(15)9-11)14(16)10-5-3-2-4-6-10/h2-9,15H,1H3

InChI key

DXGLGDHPHMLXJC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

This certified reference material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 17034. This CRM is traceable to primary material from an NMI, e.g. NIST or NMIJ.
Certified content by quantitative NMR incl. uncertainty and expiry date are given on the certificate.
Download your certificate at: http://www.sigma-aldrich.com.
This substance is listed on the positive list of the EU regulation 10/2011 for plastics intended to come into contact with food.

Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

Legal Information

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


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Environment

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Warning

hcodes

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 2

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

212.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

100 °C - closed cup

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids



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K U Schallreuter et al.
The Journal of investigative dermatology, 106(3), 583-586 (1996-03-01)
We used noninvasive Fourier transform (FT) Raman spectroscopy to follow the fate of the broadly used ultraviolet UVA sun blocker, oxybenzone, after topical application to the skin. Our results showed that oxybenzone is rapidly photo-oxidized, yielding oxybenzone semiquinone, a potent
Bin Yang et al.
Water research, 47(7), 2458-2466 (2013-03-14)
Benzophenone-3 (BP-3), a sunscreen agent widely used in many cosmetic products, has been found to have a wide presence in aquatic environments, which could affect the water quality and human health. We investigated oxidation of BP-3 by aqueous ferrate(VI) (Fe(VI))
Fernanda Berbicz et al.
European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V, 79(2), 449-457 (2011-04-05)
This work is aimed to evaluate the application of photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS) in the characterization of inclusion complexes of benzophenone-3 (BZ-3) and hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPCD) and to analyze the ex vivo percutaneous penetration of sunscreens and their reaction with the skin.