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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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, 4-hexylresorcinol is referenced by 104 other articles, and connects out to quinoline, anthelmintic and local anesthetic.
It sits within the topics Alkylresorcinols, Anthelmintics and Antiseptics.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
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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