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O1875

Orcinol monohydrate

≥99% purity (HPLC), powder

Synonym(s):

3,5-Dihydroxytoluene, 5-Methylresorcinol

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Linear Formula:
CH3C6H3-1,3-(OH)2 · H2O
CAS Number:
6153-39-5
Molecular Weight:
142.15
NACRES:
NA.47
PubChem Substance ID:
24897953
UNSPSC Code:
12171500
EC Number:
207-984-2
MDL number:
MFCD00149092
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1071903

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Product Name

Orcinol monohydrate, colorimetric detection reagent

InChI key

NBKPNAMTHBIMLA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C7H8O2.H2O/c1-5-2-6(8)4-7(9)3-5;/h2-4,8-9H,1H3;1H2

SMILES string

O.Cc1cc(O)cc(O)c1

biological source

synthetic

assay

≥99% (HPLC)

form

powder

technique(s)

titration: suitable

color

white to light brown

bp

290 °C (lit.)

mp

56-58 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: 50 mg/mL

density

1.290 g/cm3

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

Quality Level

200

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Application

Orcinol monohydrate has been used to prepare Bial′s reagent for Bial′s orcinol assay for pentose sugars. It is also used in the preparation of orcinol solution suitable for staining TLC plates and, measuring rhamnolipids in orcinol dye assays. Orcinol monohydrate has been used for the RNA assay.



General description

Orcinol is a small-molecule natural phenol involved in the production of a dye called orcein used for the staining of cells and chromosomes. Orcinol monohydrate is usually used to prepare a colorimetric reagent known as Bial′s reagent for the determination of RNA, DNA, and hexoses.

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GHS07

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - 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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A simultaneous estimation method of DNA and RNA by the orcinol reaction and a study on the reaction mechanism.
Y Endo
Journal of biochemistry, 67(5), 629-633 (1970-05-01)
Lipopolysaccharide binding protein expression in primary human hepatocytes and HepG2 hepatoma cells.
Grube BJ
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 269, 8477-8477 (1994)
Natural products as fungicide and their role in crop protection. et al.
Natural Antimicrobials for the Minimal Processing of Foods, 131-131 (2020)
A modified orcinol reaction for RNA determination.
M Kamali et al.
Clinical chemistry, 15(5), 390-392 (1969-05-01)
Rapid colorimetric assays to qualitatively distinguish RNA and DNA in biomolecular samples.
Patterson Jennifer and Cameron Mura
Journal of Visualized Experiments (2013)
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