2,4-Quinolinediol

very light brown powder

2,4-Quinolinediol is a coupling component of yellow azo dyes, also used as pharmaceutical intermediates.

Researchers have found that the hetarylazoquinoline dyes were prepared by coupling 2,4-quinolinediol with diazotised heterocyclic amines in nitrosylsulphuric acid. In addition, the crude enzyme preparation effectively promotes the reaction between 4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-quinolinone and 2,4-quinolinediol to afford the corresponding benzofuroquinolinones in satisfactory yields[1-2].

ChEBI: A heteroaryl hydroxy compound that is 2-quinolone substituted at position 4 by a hydroxy group.

[1] Sener, I. , et al. "Synthesis and investigations of the absorption spectra of hetarylazo disperse dyes derived from 2,4-quinolinediol." DYES AND PIGMENTS (2006).
[2] Angeleska, Simona , P. Kefalas , and A. Detsi . "Crude peroxidase from onion solid waste as a tool for organic synthesis. Part III: synthesis of tetracyclic heterocycles (coumestans and benzofuroquinolinones)." Tetrahedron Letters 54.19(2013):2325-2328.