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D116408

2,7-Dihydroxynaphthalene

97%

Synonym(s):

2,7-Naphthalenediol

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Linear Formula:
C10H6(OH)2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
160.17
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
209-478-7
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
2042383
MDL number:
Assay:
97%
Form:
powder
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Quality Level

assay

97%

form

powder

mp

185-190 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

Oc1ccc2ccc(O)cc2c1

InChI

1S/C10H8O2/c11-9-3-1-7-2-4-10(12)6-8(7)5-9/h1-6,11-12H

InChI key

DFQICHCWIIJABH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

2,7-Dihydroxynaphthalene is a organic building block used to prepare sulfonic acids, divinylnaphthalenes, dyes, pigments, and fluorescent whiteners.

Application

Starting material for the synthesis of sulfonic acids and divinylnaphthalenes.


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Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves



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Allergic contact dermatitis from 2,7-dihydroxynaphthalene in hair dye.
A Eskelinen et al.
Contact dermatitis, 36(6), 312-313 (1997-06-01)
Efficient lactic acid-catalyzed route to naphthopyranopyrimidines under solvent-free conditions
Sadeh FN, et al.
Organic preparations and procedures international, 49, 35-44 (2017)
G J Kemperman et al.
Organic letters, 2(18), 2829-2831 (2000-08-31)
[structure: see text] The cephalosporin antibiotic Cefadroxil can be epimerized at the alpha-carbon of its amino acid side chain using pyridoxal as the mediator. By clathration with 2,7-dihydroxynaphthalene, the desired diastereomer can be selectively withdrawn from the equilibrating mixture of