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01260595

Coumarin

primary reference standard

Synonym(s):

1,2-Benzopyrone, 1-Benzopyran-2-one, 2H-Chromen-2-one

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C9H6O2
CAS Number:
91-64-5
Molecular Weight:
146.14
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329747235
EC Number:
202-086-7
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
383644
MDL number:
MFCD00006850

Product Name

Coumarin, primary reference standard

InChI key

ZYGHJZDHTFUPRJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C9H6O2/c10-9-6-5-7-3-1-2-4-8(7)11-9/h1-6H

SMILES string

O=C1Oc2ccccc2C=C1

grade

primary reference standard

vapor pressure

0.01 mmHg ( 47 °C)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

manufacturer/tradename

HWI

bp

298 °C (lit.)

mp

68-73 °C (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
flavors and fragrances
food and beverages
personal care

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Application

Reference standard in the analysis of herbal medicinal products

General description

Produced and qualified by HWI pharma services GmbH.
Exact content by quantitative NMR can be found on the certificate.

Other Notes

This compound is commonly found in plants of the genus: cinnamomum curcuma hedera humulus melissa mentha salvia sambucus zingiber

pictograms

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GHS06

signalword

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class

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

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

323.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

162 °C - closed cup

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Lot/Batch Number
HWI00331-3
HWI00331-2

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Jack Cazes
Encyclopedia of Chromatography, 206-206 (2001)
The pharmacology, metabolism, analysis, and applications of coumarin and coumarin-related compounds.
D Egan et al.
Drug metabolism reviews, 22(5), 503-529 (1990-01-01)
Donglei Yu et al.
Medicinal research reviews, 23(3), 322-345 (2003-03-21)
Numerous plant-derived compounds have been evaluated for inhibitory effects against HIV replication, and some coumarins have been found to inhibit different stages in the HIV replication cycle. This review article describes recent progress in the discovery, structure modification, and structure-activity
A ratiometric fluorescent probe for rapid detection of hydrogen sulfide in mitochondria.
Yuncong Chen et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 52(6), 1688-1691 (2013-01-05)
Yutao Yang et al.
Biosensors & bioelectronics, 47, 300-306 (2013-04-17)
The synthesis and characterization of a coumarin-chromene (8, 9-dihydro-2H-cyclopenta[b]pyrano[2,3-f]chromene-2,10(7aH)-dione) (1) derivative and its use for thiol chemosensing in water was reported. Experimental details showed 1 acts as a probe for the detection of thiols including cysteine (Cys), homocysteine (Hcy) and
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