FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
Chemical: 2-tert-butylhydroquinone
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General Information
Name
2-tert-butylhydroquinone
FlyBase ID
FBch0002210
ChEBI Name
2-tert-butylhydroquinone
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:78886
PubChem Name
Tert-Butylhydroquinone
PubChem ID
CID:16043
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of 2-tert-butylhydroquinone
2-tert-butylhydroquinone
InChIKey

BGNXCDMCOKJUMV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

A member of the class of hydroquinones in which one of the ring hydrogens of hydroquinone is replaced by a tert-butyl group. ChEBI: 2-tert-butylhydroquinone is a member of the class of hydroquinones in which one of the ring hydrogens of hydroquinone is replaced by a tert-butyl group. It has a role as a food antioxidant.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (22)
Synonyms
1948-33-0
(PubChem, 2019-)
2-(1,1-Dimethylethyl)-1,4-benzenediol
(ChEBI, 2019-)
2-Tertiary-butylhydroquinone
(ChEBI, 2019-)
2-t-Butyl-1,4-benzenediol
(ChEBI, 2019-)
2-t-Butylhydroquinone
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
2-tert-Butyl(1,4)hydroquinone
(ChEBI, 2019-)
2-tert-Butyl-1,4-benzenediol
(ChEBI, 2019-)
2-tert-Butylhydroquinone
(PubChem, 2019-)
2-tert-butylbenzene-1,4-diol
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
2-tert-butylhydroquinone
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
MTBHQ
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Mono-tert-butylhydroquinone
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Mono-tertiarybutylhydroquinone
(ChEBI, 2019-)
PubChem:16043
(PubChem, 2019-)
T-BUTYLHYDROQUINONE
(PubChem, 2019-)
TBHQ
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
t-Butyl hydroquinone
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
t-Butylhydroquinone
(ChEBI, 2019-)
tBHQ
(Wang et al., 2019)
tert-Butyl-1,4-benzenediol
(ChEBI, 2019-)
tert-Butylhydroquinone
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-, Wang et al., 2019, Fuentes et al., 2018)
tertiary-Butylhydroquinone
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
    References (4)