1-Hydroxyphenanthrene

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1-Hydroxyphenanthrene is a phenanthrol and a human metabolite of phenanthrene that can be detected in urine of persons exposed to PAHs.[1]

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1-Hydroxyphenanthrene
Chemical structure of 1-hydroxyphenanthrene
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Phenanthren-1-ol
Other names
1-Phenanthrenol
1-Phenanthrol
1-hydroxy-phenanthrene
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
1869717
ChEBI
ChemSpider
KEGG
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C14H10O/c15-14-7-3-6-12-11-5-2-1-4-10(11)8-9-13(12)14/h1-9,15H
    Key: GTBXZWADMKOZQJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C=CC3=C2C=CC=C3O
Properties
C14H10O
Molar mass 194.233 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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It can also be used as a marker for PAH pollution measured in marine fish bile.[2]

The model fungus Cunninghamella elegans produces, in the case of the biodegradation of phenanthrene, a glucoside conjugate of 1-hydroxyphenanthrene (phenanthrene 1-O-beta-glucose).[3]

Relationship with smoking

Highly significant differences and dose-response relationships with regard to cigarettes smoked per day were found for 2-, 3- and 4-hydroxyphenanthrene and 1-hydroxypyrene, but not for 1-hydroxyphenanthrene.[4]

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