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2,6-dimethoxyquinone
Sign in to save2,6-Dimethoxybenzoquinone (2,6-DMBQ) is a chemical compound, classified as a benzoquinone, that has been found in Rauvolfia vomitoria and in Tibouchina pulchra.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C8H8O4
- Molecular weight
- 168.15 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2,6-dimethoxycyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione
- SMILES
- COC1=CC(=O)C=C(C1=O)OC
- InChIKey
- OLBNOBQOQZRLMP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.1
- Polar surface area
- 52.6 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 168.042
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- found in taxon
- Strobilanthes pentstemonoides
- chemical formula
- C₈H₈O₄
- canonical SMILES
- COC1=CC(=O)C=C(C1=O)OC
- melting point
- 255.0
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Toxicity
- References
2,6-Dimethoxybenzoquinone (2,6-DMBQ) is a chemical compound, classified as a benzoquinone, that has been found in Rauvolfia vomitoria and in Tibouchina pulchra.
==Toxicity== At physiological concentrations 2,6-dimethoxybenzoquinone is an antibacterial substance. At higher concentrations there is evidence that it is mutagenic, cytotoxic, genotoxic, and hepatotoxic. Some reports have challenged its mutagenicity and others exclude such a possibility.
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