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Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C6Cl4O2
Molecular Weight 245.875
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of CHLORANIL

SMILES

ClC1=C(Cl)C(=O)C(Cl)=C(Cl)C1=O

InChI

InChIKey=UGNWTBMOAKPKBL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C6Cl4O2/c7-1-2(8)6(12)4(10)3(9)5(1)11

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C6Cl4O2
Molecular Weight 245.875
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Chloranil is an oxidant, practically useful for dehydrogenation to aromatic and alpha,beta-desaturated carbonyl compounds. Chloranil was found to inhibit human carboxylesterases: carboxylesterase 1 and 2, acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase. In 1950s chloranil ointment was used for the treatment of psoriasis and onychomycosis.

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
57.4 nM [Ki]
83.9 nM [Ki]
163.0 nM [Ki]
268.0 nM [Ki]
Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
Primary
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
Sourcing

Sourcing

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PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Spectroscopic and thermodynamic study of charge transfer interaction between vitamin B6 and p-chloranil in aqueous ethanol mixtures of varying composition.
2008-07
Synthesis and biological evaluation of a series of A,B-ring modified 16,17-secoandrostane derivatives.
2008-06
Oxidative amination of cuprated pyrimidine and purine derivatives.
2008-05-01
Complex polarization propagator calculations of magnetic circular dichroism spectra.
2008-03-07
Does bimolecular charge recombination in highly exergonic electron transfer afford the triplet excited state or the ground state of a photosensitizer?
2008-01-31
Utility of some pi-acceptors for spectrophotometric determination of gatifloxacin in pure form and in pharmaceutical preparations.
2008-01
Levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in China and chemometric analysis of potential emission sources.
2008-01
Charge-sensitive vibrations in p-chloranil: the strange case of the C=C antisymmetric stretching.
2007-11-08
Spectroscopic investigation of the charge-transfer interactions between 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane and the acceptors iodine, TCNE, TCNQ and chloranil.
2007-11
Hydrogen-bond interaction in organic conductors: redox activation, molecular recognition, structural regulation, and proton transfer in donor-acceptor charge-transfer complexes of TTF-imidazole.
2007-09-05
Application of a microbial toxicity assay for monitoring treatment effectiveness of pentachlorophenol in water using UV photolysis and TiO2 photocatalysis.
2007-09-05
The first structural study on a cyclic tricoordinate phosphorochloridite and a pentacoordinate phosphorane based on 1,2,3,5-protected myo-inositol--a new conformation of 1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinane ring.
2007-07-02
Oxidative dimer produced from a 2,3,4-trihydroxybenzoic ester.
2007-07
Spectroscopic studies of charge transfer complexes between colchicine and some pi acceptors.
2007-07
Nucleobase-dependent reactivity of a quinone metabolite of pentachlorophenol.
2007-06
Quinone-induced inhibition of urease: elucidation of its mechanisms by probing thiol groups of the enzyme.
2007-06
Mechanistic aspects of the formation of aldehydes and nitriles in photosensitized reactions of aldoxime ethers.
2007-05-25
Charge-transfer complex formation between p-chloranil and 1,n-dicarbazolylalkanes.
2007-04
One-electron oxidation of alcohols by the 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene radical cation in the excited state during two-color two-laser flash photolysis.
2007-03-15
Microwave assisted synthesis of triazoloquinazolinones and benzimidazoquinazolinones.
2007-03-05
Chemical, pulse radiolysis and density functional studies of a new, labile 5,6-indolequinone and its semiquinone.
2007-03-02
Enyne metathesis-oxidation sequence for the synthesis of 2-phosphono pyrroles: proof of the "yne-then-ene" pathway.
2007
Competitive consecutive electron transfer in determination of ionization potentials: ketene derivatives.
2006-12-28
An efficient synthesis and biological activity of substituted p-benzoquinones.
2006-12-15
Toroidal hopping of a single hole through the circularly-arrayed naphthyl groups in hexanaphthylbenzene cation radical.
2006-12-07
Charge transfer complex studies between some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and pi-electron acceptors.
2006-12
Inhibition of jack bean urease by tetrachloro-o-benzoquinone and tetrachloro-p-benzoquinone.
2006-10
Effect of structure in benzaldehyde oximes on the formation of aldehydes and nitriles under photoinduced electron-transfer conditions.
2006-09-29
Spectrophotometric determination of rifampicin through chelate formation and charge transfer complexation in pharmaceutical preparation and biological fluids.
2006-08
Synthesis of some new testosterone derivatives fused with substituted pyrazoline ring as promising 5alpha-reductase inhibitors.
2006-06
Charge transfer complex formation between p-chloranil and 1,n-di(9-anthryl)alkanes.
2006-06
Chemical modification at subunit 1 of rat kidney Alpha class glutathione transferase with 2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-1,4-benzoquinone: close structural connectivity between glutathione conjugation activity and non-substrate ligand binding.
2006-05-28
Synthesis and cofacial pi-stacked packing arrangement of 6,13-bis(alkylthio)pentacene.
2006-05-25
Kinetic substituent and solvent effects in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of diphenyldiazomethanes with fullerenes C60 and C70: a comparison with the addition to TCNE, DDQ, and chloranil.
2006-04-14
Evaluation of the effect of terpenoid quinones on Trichophyton mentagrophytes by solution and vapor contact.
2006-04
Catalytic, enantioselective [4 + 2]-cycloadditions of ketene enolates and o-quinones: efficient entry to chiral, alpha-oxygenated carboxylic acid derivatives.
2006-02-15
Time-resolved EPR study of the photophysics and photochemistry of 1-(3-(methoxycarbonyl)propyl)-1-phenyl[6.6]C61.
2005-12-29
Characterization of a deoxyguanosine adduct of tetrachlorobenzoquinone: dichlorobenzoquinone-1,N2-etheno-2'-deoxyguanosine.
2005-11
Spectrophotometric and electrical studies of charge transfer complexes of 2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazole with pi-acceptors.
2005-11
Nanosecond time-resolved infrared studies of visnagin and khellin triplets and radical ions.
2005-10-20
Divergent oxidative rearrangements in solution and in a zeolite: distal vs proximal bond cleavage of methylenecyclopropanes.
2005-10-19
Synthesis of 1,3,4-thiadiazole, 1,3,4-thiadiazine, 1,3,6-thiadiazepane and quinoxaline derivatives from symmetrical dithiobiureas and thioureidoethylthiourea derivatives.
2005-08-31
Photoreactions of p-quinones with dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl sulfoxide in aqueous acetonitrile. goerner@mpi-muelheim.mpg.de.
2005-08-04
Distribution patterns of PCDD/Fs in chlorinated chemicals.
2005-08
Quinone-sensitized steady-state photolysis of acetophenone oximes under aerobic conditions: kinetics and product studies.
2005-07-26
Spectroscopic and thermodynamic study of charge transfer complexes of cloxacillin sodium in aqueous ethanol medium.
2005-07
Development and validation of spectrophotometric methods for determination of fluoxetine, sertraline, and paroxetine in pharmaceutical dosage forms.
2005-03-12
[Ultraviolet spectral characteristics of charge-transfer reaction complex in micellar system and its application].
2005-02
Molecular switch based on a biologically important redox reaction.
2005-01-13
[Study on fluorescence characteristics of pefloxacin based on charge transfer reaction].
2004-05
Patents

Sample Use Guides

For the treatment of psoriasis, chloranil was used as a 10% ointment.
Route of Administration: Topical
Carboxylesterase (CE) inhibition was determined using a spectrophotometric multiwell plate assay with 3mM o-nitrophenyl acetate (o-NPA) as a substrate. Briefly, the test compound (100 uM) and substrate were aliquoted into wells and the enzyme was added using a multiwell pipettor. The rate of change in absorbance at 420 nm was measured at 15 s intervals for 5 min and compared to wells containing no inhibitor. Compounds that demonstrated 50% reduction in CE activity were subsequently evaluated in detail.
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Name Type Language
CHLORANIL
HSDB   MI   WHO-DD  
Common Name English
SPERGON
Preferred Name English
TETRACHLORO-P-BENZOQUINONE
Common Name English
Chloranil [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
TETRACHLOROQUINONE
Common Name English
NSC-8432
Code English
CHLORANIL [HSDB]
Common Name English
CHLORANIL [MI]
Common Name English
2,3,5,6-TETRACHLORO-P-BENZOQUINONE
Common Name English
VULKLOR
Brand Name English
2,3,5,6-TETRACHLORO-2,5-CYCLOHEXADIENE-1,4-DIONE
Systematic Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
EPA PESTICIDE CODE 79301
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Code System Code Type Description
ECHA (EC/EINECS)
204-274-4
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NSC
8432
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ALANWOOD
chloranil
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MESH
D002703
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MERCK INDEX
m3348
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PRIMARY Merck Index
PUBCHEM
8371
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FDA UNII
01W5X7N5XV
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CHEBI
36703
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WIKIPEDIA
CHLORANIL
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID2020266
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HSDB
1533
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CAS
118-75-2
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