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183938

2,3,5,6-Tetramethylpyrazine

98%

Synonym(s):

2,3,5,6-Tetramethylpyrazine, Ligustrazin, Ligustrazine, Tetrapyrazine

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H12N2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
136.19
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
eCl@ss:
39161809
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
EC Number:
214-391-2
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
113100
Assay:
98%
Form:
solid
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Quality Level

assay

98%

form

solid

bp

190 °C (lit.)

mp

77-80 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

Cc1nc(C)c(C)nc1C

InChI

1S/C8H12N2/c1-5-6(2)10-8(4)7(3)9-5/h1-4H3

InChI key

FINHMKGKINIASC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

2,3,5,6-Tetramethylpyrazine has been isolated from Ephedra sinica. It is useful in the treatment of several disorders such as asthma, heart failure, rhinitis and urinary incontinence. It is a flavor ingredient of tobacco. It forms cocrystal with 4-hydroxybenzoic acid which exhibits supramolecular synthon polymorphism.


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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves



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Gyoseon Goya M Yeom et al.
International immunopharmacology, 18(2), 262-269 (2013-12-18)
2,3,5,6-Tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) is known as a composition of Ephedra sinica and it has been used in the treatment of several disorders such as asthma, heart failure, rhinitis, and urinary incontinence. It has been reported that TMP inhibits melanoma metastasis and
B R Sreekanth et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), (23)(23), 2375-2377 (2007-09-12)
Co-crystals of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and 2,3,5,6-tetramethylpyrazine (2 : 1) exhibit the first supramolecular synthon polymorphism in a co-crystal; metastable anti-hierarchic polymorph I converts to stable hierarchic form II.
Xian-Chao Cheng et al.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 17(8), 3018-3024 (2009-03-31)
A series of novel acylpiperazinyl Ligustrazine derivatives was designed, synthesized, and their protective effects on damaged ECV-304 cells and antiplatelet aggregation activities were evaluated. The results showed that compound E33 displayed most potential protective effects on the ECV-304 cells damaged



Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
183938-100G04061838346681
183938-25G04061838756435