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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:
1124-11-4
Molecular Weight:
136.19
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24851081
eCl@ss:
39161809
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
EC Number:
214-391-2
MDL number:
MFCD00006146
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
113100
Assay:
98%
Form:
solid

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InChI key

FINHMKGKINIASC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

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

SMILES string

Cc1nc(C)c(C)nc1C

assay

98%

form

solid

bp

190 °C (lit.)

mp

77-80 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

100

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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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14003DE
14425DD
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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.
Christopher R E Coggins et al.
Inhalation toxicology, 23 Suppl 1, 84-89 (2011-04-05)
Three heterocyclic nitrogen compounds, 2,3-diethylpyrazine (DEP), 2,3,5,6-tetramethylpyrazine (TMP), and 2-acetyl pyridine (AP), are naturally present in tobacco and are also added to tobacco as flavor ingredients. A battery of tests was used to compare the toxicity of mainstream smoke from
Lijun Wei et al.
International journal of pharmaceutics, 437(1-2), 203-212 (2012-09-05)
Ligustrazine is a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat various cardiovascular and neurovascular complications. However, this compound exhibits rapid first-pass metabolism, a short biological half-life, low stability and potential vascular irritation that restrict its use for long-term therapy. The use
Jin-quan Wang et al.
The Journal of surgical research, 185(1), 286-293 (2013-07-09)
The sepsis-induced acute liver injury majorly depends on the dysfunction of mitochondria and the loss of cellular energy. Aquaporin 8 (AQP8) can modulate water transport and osmotic swelling of mitochondria in the inner mitochondrial membrane of the liver. In this
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