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2,5-Dibromo-6-isopropyl-3-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone

Synonym(s):

2,5-Dibromo-3-methyl-6-isopropyl-p-benzoquinone, Dibromothymoquinone

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Linear Formula:
(CH3)2CHC6Br2(CH3)(=O)2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
321.99
NACRES:
NA.47
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12171500
EC Number:
249-431-8
MDL number:
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InChI key

GHHZELQYJPWSMG-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C10H10Br2O2/c1-4(2)6-8(12)9(13)5(3)7(11)10(6)14/h4H,1-3H3

SMILES string

CC(C)C1=C(Br)C(=O)C(C)=C(Br)C1=O

form

powder, crystals or chunks

mp

70-72 °C (lit.)

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

Quality Level

Application

2, 5-Dibromo-6-isopropyl-3-methyl-1, 4-benzoquinone has been used as a metabolic inhibitor of violaxanthin (V) cycle of Pelvetia canaliculata and is used as a photosynthetic electron transport chain (pETC) inhibitor.

Biochem/physiol Actions

2, 5-Dibromo-6-isopropyl-3-methyl-1, 4-benzoquinone acts as an inhibitor of respiratory and photosynthetic processes.

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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Yuuki Sakai et al.
Planta, 221(6), 823-830 (2005-04-06)
In epidermal cells of the aquatic angiosperm Vallisneria gigantea Graebner, high-intensity blue light (BL) induces the avoidance response of chloroplasts. We examined simultaneous BL-induced changes in the configuration of actin filaments in the cytoplasmic layers that face the outer periclinal
Sousuke Imamura et al.
FEBS letters, 554(3), 357-362 (2003-11-19)
The expression of group 2 sigma factors is characterized in a cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 grown in culture, changing light conditions (white, red and blue light, and darkness), or the presence of drugs (rifampicin, chloramphenicol, DCMU, and DBMIB), and
Gert Schansker et al.
Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1706(3), 250-261 (2005-02-08)
The effects of dibromothymoquinone (DBMIB) and methylviologen (MV) on the Chl a fluorescence induction transient (OJIP) were studied in vivo. Simultaneously measured 820-nm transmission kinetics were used to monitor electron flow through photosystem I (PSI). DBMIB inhibits the reoxidation of
Chloroplasts extend stromules independently and in response to internal redox signals
Brunkard J O, et.al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 112, 10044-10049 (2015)
Deepak Venkanna et al.
Frontiers in plant science, 8, 1347-1347 (2017-08-22)
The protein superfamily of short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR), including members of the atypical type (aSDR), covers a huge range of catalyzed reactions and

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