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36714

Supelco

2,5-Dimethylphenol

PESTANAL®, analytical standard

Synonym(s):

2-Hydroxy-p-xylene, p-Xylenol

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Linear Formula:
(CH3)2C6H3OH
CAS Number:
95-87-4
Molecular Weight:
122.16
Beilstein:
1099260
EC Number:
202-461-5
MDL number:
MFCD00002237
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
329755473
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

100

product line

PESTANAL®

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

bp

212 °C (lit.)

application(s)

agriculture
cleaning products
cosmetics
environmental
flavors and fragrances
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

Cc1ccc(C)c(O)c1

InChI

1S/C8H10O/c1-6-3-4-7(2)8(9)5-6/h3-5,9H,1-2H3

InChI key

NKTOLZVEWDHZMU-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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PESTANAL is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H301 + H311,H314,H411

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class Code

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

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Substances Subject to be Notified Names

JAN Code

36714-1G:
36714-VAR:
36714-BULK:

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BCCG9439
BCCC4028
BCBS3161V
SZBB157XV
SZB8268XV

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G Bieniek
Occupational and environmental medicine, 51(5), 354-356 (1994-05-01)
Phenol (87.3 mg/l), p-cresol (58.6 mg/l), o-cresol (76.9 mg/l), and 2,5-xylenol (36.7 mg/l) were detected in the urine of workers employed in the distillation of the high temperature phenolic fraction of tar (carbolic oil). The concentrations of these compounds in
Separation and determination of phenol, alpha-naphthol m- and p-, o-cresols and 2,5-xylenol, and catechol in the urine after mixed exposure to phenol, naphthalene, cresols, and xylenols.
G Bieniek et al.
British journal of industrial medicine, 43(8), 570-571 (1986-08-01)
C C Yeo et al.
Microbiology (Reading, England), 143 ( Pt 8), 2833-2840 (1997-08-01)
Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIB 9867 (strain P25X), which grows on 2,5-xylenol and harbours the plasmid RP4, was mated with a plasmid-free derivative of Pseudomonas putida NCIB 9869, strain RA713, which cannot grow on 2,5-xylenol. Some RA713 transconjugants, initially selected on 2,5-xylenol
Chew Chieng Yeo et al.
Gene, 312, 239-248 (2003-08-12)
Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIMB 9867 (strain P25X) produces isofunctional enzymes of the gentisate pathway that enables the degradation of xylenols and cresols via gentisate. Previous reports had indicated that one set of enzymes is constitutively expressed whereas the other set is
B J Day et al.
Research communications in chemical pathology and pharmacology, 76(1), 117-120 (1992-04-01)
Pulmonary metabolites of p-xylene, p-methylbenzyl alcohol (PMBA) and 2,5-dimethylphenol (DMP), were employed to investigate the divergent effects of p-xylene on pulmonary and hepatic metabolism. Rats were given PMBA, DMP, or 10% cremophore (control) ip daily for 3 days, and effects
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