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4-hexylresorcinol
Sign in to saveAlso known as 4-hexyl-1,3-benzenediol, Hexylresorcinol
4-Hexylresorcinol is an organic compound with local anaesthetic, antiseptic, and anthelmintic properties.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C12H18O2
- Molecular weight
- 194.27 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 4-hexylbenzene-1,3-diol
- SMILES
- CCCCCCC1=C(C=C(C=C1)O)O
- InChIKey
- WFJIVOKAWHGMBH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.5
- Polar surface area
- 40.5 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Max clinical phase
- Approved
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
- First approval
- 2004
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Research
314 papers- 4-Hexylresorcinol: pharmacologic chaperone and its application for wound healing.Maxillofacial plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2022
- 4-Hexylresorcinol Loaded Solid Lipid Nanoparticles for Enhancing Anticancer Activity.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
- Antibiotic Adjuvant 4-Hexylresorcinol Enhances the Efficiency of Antituberculosis Drugs.Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine · 2024
- The use of 4-Hexylresorcinol as antibiotic adjuvant.PloS one · 2020
- 4-Hexylresorcinol-in duced angiogenesis potential in human endothelial cells.Maxillofacial plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 194.131
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- melting point
- 66
- chemical formula
- C₁₂H₁₈O₂
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCCCC1=C(C=C(C=C1)O)O
- subject has role
- anthelmintic
- Commons category
- 4-Hexylresorcinol
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Encyclopedic overview
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4-Hexylresorcinol is an organic compound with local anaesthetic, antiseptic, and anthelmintic properties.
As an antiseptic, it is marketed as S.T.37 by Numark Laboratories, Inc. (in a 0.1% solution) for oral pain relief and as a topical antiseptic. It is available for use topically on small skin infections or as an ingredient in throat lozenges.
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