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9-hydroxyfluorene
Sign in to saveAlso known as 9H-fluoren-9-ol, fluoren-9-ol, fluorenol
Fluorenol, also known as hydrafinil, is an alcohol derivative of fluorene. In the most significant isomer, fluoren-9-ol or 9-hydroxyfluorene, the hydroxy group is located on the bridging carbon between the two benzene rings. Hydroxyfluorene can be converted to fluorenone by oxidants. It is a white-cream colored solid at room temperature.
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Within Vinony's link graph, 9-hydroxyfluorene is referenced by 808 other articles, and connects out to phenoxy herbicide, histamine antagonist and carbamate.
It sits within the topics Algaecides, Biocides and Designer drugs.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C13H10O
- Molecular weight
- 182.22 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 9H-fluoren-9-ol
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(C3=CC=CC=C32)O
- InChIKey
- AFMVESZOYKHDBJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.4
- Polar surface area
- 20.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 182.073165
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- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(C3=CC=CC=C32)O
- chemical formula
- C₁₃H₁₀O
- melting point
- 156.0
- found in taxon
- Pinellia ternata
- Commons category
- Fluorenol
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Toxicity
- Mechanism of action
- Eugeroic
- Sale as research chemical
- See also
- References
Fluorenol, also known as hydrafinil, is an alcohol derivative of fluorene. In the most significant isomer, fluoren-9-ol or 9-hydroxyfluorene, the hydroxy group is located on the bridging carbon between the two benzene rings. Hydroxyfluorene can be converted to fluorenone by oxidants. It is a white-cream colored solid at room temperature.
==Toxicity== Fluorenol is toxic to aquatic organisms including algae, bacteria, and crustaceans. Fluorenol was patented as an insecticide in 1939, and is an algaecide against the green algae genera Dunaliella.
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