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5-Methyl-1,3-benzenediol
SpectraBase Compound ID FDNYwJ9LEFg
InChI InChI=1S/C7H8O2/c1-5-2-6(8)4-7(9)3-5/h2-4,8-9H,1H3
InChIKey OIPPWFOQEKKFEE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Mol Weight 124.14 g/mol
Molecular Formula C7H8O2
Exact Mass 124.052429 g/mol
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Source of Spectrum SRH-2022-10543-0
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Source of Spectrum 10.1002/ffj.3578
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Source of Spectrum AA-0-519-1
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Source of Spectrum G4-61-919-9
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Source of Spectrum AU2008286096B2
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Source of Spectrum NP-0-5765-0
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Source of Spectrum W5-1989-33107-32429
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Source of Spectrum SO-0-268-6
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Solvent Polysol; Reference=TMS Spectrometer= Varian CFT-20
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Solvent H2O/H2SO4
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Solvent CDCl3/DMSO-D6
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Solvent CDCl3/DMSO-D6
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Solvent C2D6SO dimethylsulfo
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Solvent CDCl3/DMSO-D6
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Solvent CDCl3/DMSO-D6
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent ACETONE-D6
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Catalog Number 447420
Solvent DMSO-d6
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Technique KBr WAFER
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Catalog Number 447420
Solvent DMSO-d6
  • OIPPWFOQEKKFEE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • ORCINOL;3,5-DIHYDROXYTOLUENE
  • Orcinol
  • 5-Methylresorcinol
  • Resorcinol, 5-methyl-
  • Orcin
  • 1,3-Benzenediol, 5-methyl-
  • 5-Methyl-benzene-1,3-diol
  • 3,5-DIHYDROXYTOLUOL
  • 3,5-Dihydroxytoluene
  • Orcine
  • 3,5-Toluenediol
  • 5-Methylresorcin
  • 3-Hydroxy-5-methylphenol
  • Orcinol, 5-methylresorcinol
  • 1,3-Dihydroxy-5-methylbenzene
  • 5-Methyl-1,3-dihydroxybenzene
  • EINECS 207-984-2
  • NSC 12441
  • BRN 1071903
  • AI3-23954
Title Journal or Book Year
Fingerprint Analysis and Simultaneous Determination of Phenolic Compounds in Extracts of Curculiginis Rhizoma by HPLC-Diode Array Detector Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin 2013
Radical-Scavenging Activity of Orsellinates Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin 2008
Organochlorine Compounds from a Terrestrial Higher Plant:  Structures and Origin of Chlorinated Orcinol Derivatives from Diseased Bulbs of Lilium maximowiczii Journal of Natural Products 1998

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