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DDQ

 
 

Identification
Name DDQ
Synonymous 2,3-Dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone; 4,5-Dichloro-3,6-dioxo-1,4-cyclohexadiene-1,2-carbonitrile
Molecular Structure


Molecular Formula C8Cl2N2O2
Molecular Weight 227.01
CAS Number 84-58-2
Properties
Melting Point 213-217 ÂșC
Safety & Transportation Data
Hazardous class 6.1
UN number 3439
Packing group III
MSDS For request.
Harzard Symbols T
Risk Codes R20/21;R25;R37/38;R41
Safety Description S26;S36/37;S45
Supplier Specification
Appearance yellow crystalline powder
Purity 98%+
Packages 25Kg/cardboard drum
Storage Sealed packaging of plastic bag, put and keep photophobically in the dry environment of normal atmospheric temperature.
Notes

Dichlorodicyanpara-Quinone(DDQ) is a kind of pharmaceutical intermediate, it is specially used as the steroid hormone compound's dehydrogenating agent.
Reagent for the dehydrogenation of hydroaromatic compounds[1]; Reagent for the mild cleavage of ether-type protecting groups[2,3,4]

Ref:

  1. P.P. Fu, R.G. Harvey Chem. Rev. 78, 317, (1978)
  2. Y. Oikawa et al. Tetrahedron Lett. 25, 5393, (1984)
  3. Tetrahedron Lett. 25, 5397, (1984)
  4. A. Oku et al. Chem. Lett., 165, (1993)
 
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