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  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2010-04-08 22:14:47 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2026-09-18 18:45:43 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB020084</accession>
  <name>DL-1-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-1,2-ethanediol</name>
  <description>3,4-Dihydroxyphenylglycol (DOPEG) is a normal norepinephrine metabolite present in CSF, plasma and urine in humans (PMID 6875564). In healthy individuals there is a tendency for free DOPEG to increase and for conjugated DOPEG to decrease with age; plasmatic DOPEG levels are significantly lower in depressed patients as compared to healthy controls (PMID 6671452). DL-1-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-1,2-ethanediol is found in olive.</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)ethylene glycol</synonym>
    <synonym>1-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-1,2-ethanediol</synonym>
    <synonym>2-Hydroxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxy)phenylethanol</synonym>
    <synonym>3,4-Dihydroxyphenethyl glycol</synonym>
    <synonym>3,4-Dihydroxyphenylethyl glycol</synonym>
    <synonym>3,4-Dihydroxyphenylethyleneglycol</synonym>
    <synonym>3,4-Dihydroxyphenylglycol</synonym>
    <synonym>4-(1,2-Dihydroxyethyl)-1,2-benzenediol</synonym>
    <synonym>4-(1,2-Dihydroxyethyl)-1,2-benzenediol, 9CI</synonym>
    <synonym>b,3,4-Trihydroxy phenethyl alcohol</synonym>
    <synonym>beta,3,4-Trihydroxy phenethyl alcohol</synonym>
    <synonym>DHPG</synonym>
    <synonym>Dihydroxyphenylethylene glycol</synonym>
    <synonym>DL-3,4-Dihydroxyphenylglycol</synonym>
    <synonym>DOPEG</synonym>
    <synonym>β,3,4-trihydroxy phenethyl alcohol</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C8H10O4</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>170.1626</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>170.057908808</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>4-(1,2-dihydroxyethyl)benzene-1,2-diol</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>3,4-dihydroxyphenylglycol</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>28822-73-3</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>OCC(O)C1=CC(O)=C(O)C=C1</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/C8H10O4/c9-4-8(12)5-1-2-6(10)7(11)3-5/h1-3,8-12H,4H2</inchi>
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  <taxonomy>
    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as catechols. Catechols are compounds containing a 1,2-benzenediol moiety.</description>
    <direct_parent>Catechols</direct_parent>
    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Benzenoids</super_class>
    <class>Phenols</class>
    <sub_class>Benzenediols</sub_class>
    <molecular_framework>Aromatic homomonocyclic compounds</molecular_framework>
    <alternative_parents>
      <alternative_parent>1,2-diols</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>1-hydroxy-2-unsubstituted benzenoids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>1-hydroxy-4-unsubstituted benzenoids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Aromatic alcohols</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Benzene and substituted derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Primary alcohols</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Secondary alcohols</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>1,2-diol</substituent>
      <substituent>1-hydroxy-2-unsubstituted benzenoid</substituent>
      <substituent>1-hydroxy-4-unsubstituted benzenoid</substituent>
      <substituent>Alcohol</substituent>
      <substituent>Aromatic alcohol</substituent>
      <substituent>Aromatic homomonocyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Catechol</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Monocyclic benzene moiety</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Primary alcohol</substituent>
      <substituent>Secondary alcohol</substituent>
    </substituents>
    <external_descriptors>
      <external_descriptor>a catechol</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>catechols</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>tetrol</external_descriptor>
    </external_descriptors>
  </taxonomy>
  <state>Solid</state>
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      <value>130-132 oC</value>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <value>4-(1,2-dihydroxyethyl)benzene-1,2-diol</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>formula</kind>
    <value>C8H10O4</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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      <name>Tyrosine Metabolism</name>
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      <definition>A substance that opposes oxidation or inhibits reactions brought about by dioxygen or peroxides. In European countries, E-numbers for permitted antioxidant food additives are from E 300 to E 324.</definition>
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      <definition>A drug used for the treatment or prevention of cardiac arrhythmias. Anti-arrhythmia drugs may affect the polarisation-repolarisation phase of the action potential, its excitability or refractoriness, or impulse conduction or membrane responsiveness within cardiac fibres.</definition>
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      <definition>A drug or agent which antagonizes or impairs any mechanism leading to blood platelet aggregation, whether during the phases of activation and shape change or following the dense-granule release reaction and stimulation of the prostaglandin-thromboxane system.</definition>
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