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2,5-Dimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone

≥98.0%

Synonym(s):

2,5-Dimethyl-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione, 2,5-Dimethyl-p-benzoquinone, 2,5-Dimethyl-p-quinone, 2,5-Dimethylbenzoquinone, 2,5-Xyloquinone, 3,6-Dimethyl-p-benzoquinone

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H8O2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
136.15
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
2041348
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

assay

≥98.0%

mp

123-125 °C

solubility

toluene: soluble 0.5 g/10 mL, clear to faintly turbid, yellow to brown

SMILES string

CC1=CC(=O)C(C)=CC1=O

InChI

1S/C8H8O2/c1-5-3-8(10)6(2)4-7(5)9/h3-4H,1-2H3

InChI key

MYKLQMNSFPAPLZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

2,5-Dimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone is a quinone derivative. Its reaction with jack bean urease in phosphate buffer, pH 7.8 has been studied. It is present as one of the component of defensive secretion of opilionid Acanthopachylus aculeatus. It has been investigated as inhibitor of jack bean urease in 50mM phosphate buffer, pH 7.0.

Application

2,5-Dimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone may be used in a key step involved in the total synthesis of (−)-cyathin A3.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves


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Dale E Ward et al.
Organic letters, 9(15), 2843-2846 (2007-06-22)
The total synthesis of (-)-cyathin A3 is described. The key step involves an unusual enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction of 2,5-dimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone with 2,4-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)-1,3-pentadiene, using Mikami's catalyst [(R)-BINOL + Cl2Ti(OiPr)2 + 4 A mol sieves] modified by addition of Mg and SiO2. Because
Wiesława Zaborska et al.
Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry, 17(4), 247-253 (2003-01-18)
1,4-benzoquinone (BQ) and 2,5-dimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone (DMBQ) were studied as inhibitors of jack bean urease in 50 mM phosphate buffer, pH 7.0. The mechanisms of inhibition were evaluated by progress curves studies and steady-state approach to data achieved by preincubation of the
Thomas Eisner et al.
The Journal of experimental biology, 207(Pt 8), 1313-1321 (2004-03-11)
The opilionid Acanthopachylus aculeatus was shown to produce a defensive secretion containing quinones (2,3-dimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone, 2,5-dimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone and 2,3,5-trimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone), confirming the findings reported nearly a half century ago in a classic study. The mechanism by which the opilionid puts the secretion to
M Floreani et al.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 260(2), 468-473 (1992-02-01)
In guinea pig and rat cardiac tissue, redox cycling benzoquinones (2,5-dimethyl-p-benzoquinone and duroquinone) and naphthoquinones (menadione and 2,3-dimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone) generated superoxide anion (O2-.) both through one- and two-electron reductions, the generation being significantly greater in guinea pig than in rat tissue.
J Cao et al.
Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1015(2), 180-188 (1990-02-02)
Upon illumination, a dark-adapted photosynthetic sample shows time-dependent changes in chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence yield, known as the Kautsky phenomenon or the OIDPS transient. Based on the differential effects of electron acceptors such as 2,5-dimethyl-p-benzoquinone (DMQ) and 2,6-dichloro-p-benzoquinone (DCBQ) on

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