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Trihydroxybenzenes

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Benzenetriols or trihydroxybenzenes are aromatic chemical compounds and polyphenols in which three hydroxyl groups are substituted onto a benzene ring.

Hydroxyquinol Phloroglucinol Pyrogallol
Benzene-1,2,4-triol Benzene-1,3,5-triol Benzene-1,2,3-triol

These three molecules have the same molecular formula C6H6O3 (molar mass : 126.11 g/mol, exact mass : 126.031694).

The enzyme pyrogallol hydroxytransferase uses 1,2,3,5-tetrahydroxybenzene and 1,2,3-trihydroxybenzene (pyrogallol), whereas its two products are 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene (phloroglucinol) and 1,2,3,5-tetrahydroxybenzene. This enzyme can be found in Pelobacter acidigallici..[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "P 80564 Pyrogallol hydroxytransferase small subunit". UniProtKB. Uniprot.
  2. ^ Schink, B.; Pfennig, M. (December 1982). "Fermentation of trihydroxybenzenes by Pelobacter acidigallici gen. nov. sp. nov., a new strictly anaerobic, non-sporeforming bacterium". Archives of Microbiology. 133 (3): 195–201. doi:10.1007/BF00415000.

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