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O-benzoquinone

chemical compound
Class type of: chemical compound Q402601

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
type of chemical entity
Subclass of
chemical compound
Part of
catechol oxidase activity[5]
Canonical SMILES
C1=CC(=O)C(=O)C=C1[3]
Chemical formula
C₆H₄O₂[4]
Found in taxon
Salvia abrotanoides[9]
Has part(s)
carbon, oxygen, hydrogen[6][7][8]
Mass
+108.021129[10]
Melting point
+65[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en o-benzoquinone en O-benzoquinone en ortho-benzoquinone en o-quinone en 1,2-Benzoquinone en 2-benzoquinone en 3,5-cyclohexadiene-1,2-dione en catechol quinone en cyclohexa-3,5-diene-1,2-dione ar 2،1-بنزوكينون ar ٢،١-بنزوكينون cs o-benzochinon cs 1,2-benzochinon es 1,2-benzoquinona es o-benzoquinona es orto-benzoquinona fa ۱٬۲-بنزوکوینون fr 583-63-1 fr CAS 583-63-1 hu 1,2-benzokinon
🔖 Identifiers · 22
CAS Registry Number
583-63-1
ChEBI ID
17253
ChemSpider ID
10941
DSSTOX compound identifier
DTXCID201324328
DSSTox substance ID
DTXSID60894765
EC number
812-469-6
ECHA Substance Infocard ID
100.243.463
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
1H38Pw
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
448513
Freebase ID
/m/08s9rd
Gmelin number
26767
Human Metabolome Database ID
HMDB0012133
Show all 22 identifiers +10
InChI
InChI=1S/C6H4O2/c7-5-3-1-2-4-6(5)8/h1-4H
InChIKey
WOAHJDHKFWSLKE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
KEGG ID
C02351
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777082477
NMRShiftDB structure ID
10015930
PubChem CID
11421
Reaxys registry number
2038185
SureChEMBL ID
113494
UNII
SVD1LJ47R7
UniChem compound ID
1067765

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Has part(s) 3
hydrogen, oxygen, carbon
Found in taxon 1
Salvia abrotanoides
Subclass of 1
chemical compound
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Summary

O-benzoquinone is a type of chemical entity[1]. O-benzoquinone is a type of chemical compound[2].

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  1. [3] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Cytotoxicity of abietane diterpenoids from Perovskia abrotanoides and of their semisynthetic analogues. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 1H38Pw
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  2. 20w ago · Nabbegat · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of chemical entity
    Found in taxon → Salvia abrotanoides
    Subclass of → chemical compound
    Part of → catechol oxidase activity
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [tr] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #37300"
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