Hydroquinone
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- 1 Properties and uses 2 Hydroquinone is a white crystalline solid, soluble in water.
- Glass wares: 3 conical measures, graduated, 500 mL 2 glass stirring rods 2 measuring cylinders 200 mL 2 beakers 400 mL volumetric pipet 10 mL volumetric pipet 20 mL snap-cap vial 20 mL snap-cap vial 30 mL Safety precautions: Hydroquinone is probable carcinogen.
- Nomenclature Hydroquinone is the name recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) in its 1993 Recommendations for the Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry.
- If impure hydroquinone is used, a black, sticky precipitate will usually appear after the addition of the sulfuric acid to the hydroquinone solution.
- Hydroquinone is a melanin blocker.
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