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Chrysazin

117-10-2C14H8O4240.214 g/mol

A dihydroxyanthraquinone that is anthracene-9,10-dione substituted by hydroxy groups at positions 1 and 8. — ChEBI

Safety references

Safety documents & references

1 indexed references
JP · NITE

Government GHS classification

21A3745 · FY2009

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number117-10-2ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC14H8O4ChEBI ↗
Molar mass240.214 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass240.04226 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:3682ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

PubChem
Molar mass240.21 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass240.04225873 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP3.2PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)74.6PubChem ↗
H-bond donors2PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors4PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds0PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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chrysazin
1,8-dihydroxyanthracene-9,10-dione
QBPFLULOKWLNNW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
O=C1c2cccc(O)c2C(=O)c2c(O)cccc21
InChI=1S/C14H8O4/c15-9-5-1-3-7-11(9)14(18)12-8(13(7)17)4-2-6-10(12)16/h1-6,15-16H

Names & synonyms

1,8-dihydroxyanthracene-9,10-dionedantrondantronadantronedantronum

Names are supplied by ChEBI. Trade names and related synonyms may describe a broader product context.

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

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Safety classification · Japan

NITE / Japanese government
Japan · FY2009 source classification
1,8-Dihydroxyanthraquinone, (alias Danthron) · 21A3745
EndpointReported classification
CarcinogenicityCategory 2
Hazardous to the aquatic environment (Acute)Category 1
Hazardous to the aquatic environment (Long-term)Category 1

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00416295 mol

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Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
C
Carbon · 14 atoms
70.00%
O
Oxygen · 4 atoms
26.64%
H
Hydrogen · 8 atoms
3.36%

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:3682

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 2950 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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