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hydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone
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Hydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone, also called 'hydroxy-para-benzoquinone', is an organic compound with formula , formally derived from 1,4-Benzoquinone by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl (OH) group. It is one of three hydroxybenzoquinone isomers and one of the simplest hydroxyquinones.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H4O3
- Molecular weight
- 124.09 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-hydroxycyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione
- SMILES
- C1=CC(=O)C(=CC1=O)O
- InChIKey
- GPLIMIJPIZGPIF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.2
- Polar surface area
- 54.4 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 124.016044
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- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC(=O)C(=CC1=O)O
- chemical formula
- C₆H₄O₃
- Commons category
- Hydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone
- found in taxon
- Aspergillus fumigatus
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Hydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone, also called 'hydroxy-para-benzoquinone, is an organic compound with formula , formally derived from 1,4-Benzoquinone by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl (OH) group. It is one of three hydroxybenzoquinone isomers and one of the simplest hydroxyquinones.
The compound is often called 2-hydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone, but the "2-" prefix is superfluous since there is no other hydroxy derivative of 1,4-benzoquinone. The IUPAC name is 2-hydroxycyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione'.
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