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01260595

Coumarin

primary reference standard

Synonym(s):

1,2-Benzopyrone, 1-Benzopyran-2-one, 2H-Chromen-2-one

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C9H6O2
CAS Number:
91-64-5
Molecular Weight:
146.14
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329747235
EC Number:
202-086-7
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
383644
MDL number:
MFCD00006850

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InChI key

ZYGHJZDHTFUPRJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C9H6O2/c10-9-6-5-7-3-1-2-4-8(7)11-9/h1-6H

SMILES string

O=C1Oc2ccccc2C=C1

grade

primary reference standard

vapor pressure

0.01 mmHg ( 47 °C)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

manufacturer/tradename

HWI

bp

298 °C (lit.)

mp

68-73 °C (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
flavors and fragrances
food and beverages
personal care

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General description

Produced and qualified by HWI pharma services GmbH.
Exact content by quantitative NMR can be found on the certificate.

Application

Reference standard in the analysis of herbal medicinal products

Other Notes

This compound is commonly found in plants of the genus: cinnamomum curcuma hedera humulus melissa mentha salvia sambucus zingiber

pictograms

Skull and crossbones
GHS06

signalword

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

323.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

162 °C - closed cup

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Substances Subject to be Indicated Names

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Substances Subject to be Notified Names

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
HWI00331-3
HWI00331-2

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Jack Cazes
Encyclopedia of Chromatography, 206-206 (2001)
The pharmacology, metabolism, analysis, and applications of coumarin and coumarin-related compounds.
D Egan et al.
Drug metabolism reviews, 22(5), 503-529 (1990-01-01)
Musiliyu A Musa et al.
Current medicinal chemistry, 15(26), 2664-2679 (2008-11-11)
The coumarin (benzopyran-2-one, or chromen-2-one) ring system, present in natural products (such as the anticoagulant warfarin) that display interesting pharmacological properties, has intrigued chemists and medicinal chemists for decades to explore the natural coumarins or synthetic analogs for their applicability
Klaus Abraham et al.
Molecular nutrition & food research, 54(2), 228-239 (2009-12-22)
Coumarin is a secondary phytochemical with hepatotoxic and carcinogenic properties. For the carcinogenic effect, a genotoxic mechanism was considered possible, but was discounted by the European Food Safety Authority in 2004 based on new evidence. This allowed the derivation of
Sukhendu Maiti et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(11), 4567-4572 (2013-03-07)
We present here, the design, synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, and in vitro biological assessment of a gemcitabine-coumarin-biotin conjugate (5). Probe 5 is a multifunctional molecule composed of a thiol-specific cleavable disulfide bond, a coumarin moiety as a fluorescent reporter, gemcitabine (GMC)
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