Hydroquinone-O,O'-diacetic acid is used as an organic chemical synthesis intermediate.
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Applications
Hydroquinone-O,O′-diacetic acid is used as an organic chemical synthesis intermediate.
Solubility
Slightly soluble in water.
Notes
Stable under recommended storage conditions. Incompatible with oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Richard T.Pon; Shuyuan Yu. Hydroquinone-O,O'-diacetic acid (Q-linker) as a replacement for succinyl and oxalyl linker arms in solid phase oligonucleotide synthesis. Nucl. Acids Res. 1997, 25,(18), 3629-3635.
- R. T. Pon; S.Yu; Z.Guo; X.Yang; Y.S.Sanghvi. Reusable solid-phase supports for oligonucleotide synthesis using hydroquinone-O,O'-diacetic acid (Q-linker). Nucleosides and Nucleotides. 1999, 18,(6-7), 1237-1238.
- Linker for solid-phase oligonucleotide synthesis: cleavage from the support occurs ca 30x more rapidly than with the conventional succinic acid linker: Nucleic Acids Res., 25, 3629; Bioconjugate Chem., 10, 1051 (1999).