2,3,5,6-Tetramethylpyrazine is a flavor ingredient of tobacco. It forms cocrystal with 4-hydroxybenzoic acid which exhibits supramolecular synthon polymorphism.
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Applications
2,3,5,6-Tetramethylpyrazine is a flavor ingredient of tobacco. It forms cocrystal with 4-hydroxybenzoic acid which exhibits supramolecular synthon polymorphism.
Solubility
Soluble in water (4 g/L at 20°C).
Notes
Stable under recommended storage conditions. Incompatible with oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- B.R.Sreekanth; Peddy Vishweshwar; K.Vyas. Supramolecular synthon polymorphism in 2 : 1 co-crystal of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and 2,3,5,6-tetramethylpyrazine. Chemical Communications. 2007, 23,2375-2377.
- Wei Wu; Xiao Yu; Xiao-Ping Luo; Shu-Hua Yang; Dong Zheng. Tetramethylpyrazine protects against scopolamine-induced memory impairments in rats by reversing the cAMP/PKA/CREB pathway. Behavioural Brain Research. 2013, 253,212-216.
- Has been used as a component of a buffer to control the acid-catalyzed ring-opening of epoxides: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 2, 1309 (1972).