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Xanthydrol

98%

Synonym(s):

9-Hydroxyxanthene, 9-Xanthenol

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C13H10O2
CAS Number:
90-46-0
Molecular Weight:
198.22
Beilstein:
10395
EC Number:
201-996-1
MDL number:
MFCD00005057
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24855221
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

100

Assay

98%

form

powder

mp

127-128 °C (lit.)

solubility

methanol: soluble 50 mg/mL, slightly hazy

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

OC1c2ccccc2Oc3ccccc13

InChI

1S/C13H10O2/c14-13-9-5-1-3-7-11(9)15-12-8-4-2-6-10(12)13/h1-8,13-14H

InChI key

JFRMYMMIJXLMBB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Xanthydrol is also known as 9H-xanthen-9-ol.

Application

Xanthydrol has been used as derivatization reagent in the determination of:
  • acrylamide in surface and drinking water by GC-MS method
  • urea by HPLC with fluorescence detection

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Hyun-Hee Lim et al.
Journal of separation science, 36(18), 3059-3066 (2013-07-10)
A sensitive GC-MS method has been established for the determination of acrylamide in surface and drinking water based on derivatization with xanthydrol. Deuterated acrylamide (acrylamide-d3 ) was chosen as the internal standard for analyzing the water sample. The derivatization of
P V Biles et al.
Journal of AOAC International, 81(6), 1155-1161 (1998-12-16)
Contamination of food and food packaging material by rodent urine is evidence of insanitary conditions. Urea from rodent urine is used as a chemical indicator of contamination. The limit of detection of the xanthydrol/urea AOAC Method 959.14 by formation of
Shona Clark et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1161(1-2), 207-213 (2007-06-16)
A high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for the determination of urea that incorporates automated derivatisation with xanthydrol (9H-xanthen-9-ol) is described. Unlike the classic xanthydrol approach for the determination of urea, which involves the precipitation of dixanthylurea (N,N'-di-9H-xanthen-9-ylurea), the derivatisation procedure
Kumiko Yamazaki et al.
Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment, 29(5), 705-715 (2012-01-20)
A novel GC-MS method was developed for the determination of acrylamide, which is applicable to a variety of processed foods, including potato snacks, corn snacks, biscuits, instant noodles, coffee, soy sauces and miso (fermented soy bean paste). The method involves

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