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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

Skull and crossbones
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)
B G Lake
Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association, 37(4), 423-453 (1999-07-27)
The metabolism, toxicity and results of tests for carcinogenicity have been reviewed with respect to the safety for humans of coumarin present in foodstuffs and from fragrance use in cosmetic products. Coumarin is a natural product which exhibits marked species
Shigehiro Sumiya et al.
The journal of physical chemistry. A, 117(7), 1474-1482 (2013-01-25)
A coumarin-amide-dipicolylamine linkage (L) was synthesized and used as a fluorescent receptor for metal cations in water. The receptor dissolved in water with neutral pH shows almost no fluorescence due to the photoinduced electron transfer (PET) from the amide and
Shota Morimoto et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 49(18), 1811-1813 (2013-01-26)
A photo-switchable fluorescent flagging approach has been developed to identify photoaffinity-labeled peptides in target protein. Upon photochemical release of the ligand, the protein was newly modified with a coumarin in place of the previously attached biotin. It allowed us to
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