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V900723

5-Methylfurfural

Vetec, reagent grade, 98%

Synonym(s):

5-Methyl-2-furaldehyde

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H6O2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
110.11
EC Number:
210-622-6
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
106895
MDL number:
Assay:
98%
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InChI key

OUDFNZMQXZILJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C6H6O2/c1-5-2-3-6(4-7)8-5/h2-4H,1H3

SMILES string

[H]C(=O)c1ccc(C)o1

grade

reagent grade

product line

Vetec

assay

98%

refractive index

n20/D 1.531 (lit.)

bp

187 °C (lit.)

density

1.107 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

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Legal Information

Vetec is a trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

161.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

72 °C - closed cup


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S Uddin et al.
Biochemistry and molecular biology international, 35(1), 185-195 (1995-01-01)
Furfural and methylfurfural are dietary mutagens and are present in various food products and beverages. The alkaline-induced unwinding of calf thymus DNA permitted the measurement of the number of strand breaks formed by furfural and methylfurfural, as a function of
M Pitié et al.
Nucleic acids research, 28(24), 4856-4864 (2000-01-11)
Mechanisms of DNA oxidation by copper complexes of 3-Clip-Phen and its conjugate with a distamycin analogue, in the presence of a reductant and air, were studied. Characterisation of the production of 5-methylenefuranone (5-MF) and furfural, associated with the release of
E M Jouad et al.
Journal of inorganic biochemistry, 86(2-3), 565-571 (2001-09-22)
5-Methyl 2-furfuraldehyde thiosemicarbazone (M5HFTSC) with nickel(II) leads to three types of complexes: [Ni(M5HFTSC)(2)X(2)], [Ni(M5FTSC)(2)] and [Ni(M5FTSC)(2)] x 2DMF. In the first type the ligand remains in thione form, while in the two other, the anionic thiolato form is involved. The
Shahabuddin et al.
Mutagenesis, 5(2), 131-136 (1990-03-01)
Methylfurfural (MF) or 5-methyl 2-furaldehyde is a dietary mutagen and is present in various food products and beverages. Alkaline unwinding of calf thymus DNA and the protection of cleavage sites in lambda phage DNA from the action of various restriction
M T Jafari et al.
Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry, 25(6), 801-805 (2009-06-18)
A novel technique, corona discharge ion mobility spectrometry (CD-IMS), was developed for the qualitative and quantitative determination of 2-furfural (F) and 5-methyl-2-furfural (MF) in aqueous solutions. The limits of detection (LODs) were 5.3 x 10(-3) microg/mL for F and 6.7

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