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4-Nitroquinoline N-oxide

≥98%

Synonym(s):

4-NQO, 4-Nitroquinoline 1-oxide

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C9H6N2O3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
190.16
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
165756
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

assay

≥98%

color

yellow to brown

mp

154-156 °C (lit.)

solubility

acetone: soluble, clear to hazy

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

[O-][N+](=O)c1cc[n+]([O-])c2ccccc12

InChI

1S/C9H6N2O3/c12-10-6-5-9(11(13)14)7-3-1-2-4-8(7)10/h1-6H

InChI key

YHQDZJICGQWFHK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

4-Nitroquinoline N-oxide is a quinoline derivative widely used in chemical research and development.

Application

4-Nitroquinoline N-oxide has been used as a model compound to study its carcinogenic effects.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Skin and lung tumor initiator under experimental conditions.

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Health hazard

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Danger

hcodes

Hazard Classifications

Carc. 1B

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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Interplay of DNA repair, homologous recombination, and DNA polymerases in resistance to the DNA damaging agent 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide in Escherichia coli.
Williams AB, et al.
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The antimutagenic effect of monoterpenes against UV-irradiation-, 4NQO-and t-BOOH-induced mutagenesis in coli.
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Studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae show that many proteins influence cellular survival upon exposure to DNA damaging agents. We hypothesized that human orthologs of these S. cerevisiae proteins would also be required for cellular survival after treatment with DNA damaging agents.

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