• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.51-57
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• 1957

Hydroquinone-formaldehyde resin prepared from hydroquinone, formaldehyde and hydrochloric acid as a catalyst was shown to be oxidized with ferric chloride solution and regenerated by stannous chloride solution. The influence of various conditions of preparation on the capacity of oxidation was studied. Results show that the concentration of a solution of hydroquinone has not any effects below 14 parts of water to 1 part of hydroquinone, by the after-heat-treatment for 5-6 hours at 100-120 deg. C. the capacity of oxidation is exhibited a maximum, and decreased as the mole ratio of hydroquinone to formaldehyde increase. The optimum conditions for the preparation of this resin are as follows: hydroquinone 1 part to distilled water 10 parts, mole ratio of formaldehyde 1.2 to hydroquinone 1, and 5 hours of after-heat-treatment at 120 deg. C. The maximum capacity under the above conditions is 13.99 meq/g-ersin.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.177-184
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• 2006

Because of the difference in the relative reactivity between two hydroxyl groups of the hydroquinone due to the steric hindrance of the substituent, many combinations of the substituent direction in the polyesters derived from asymmetrical diphenol such as monosubstituted hydroquinone was expected. It was studied how the mode of the direction affected the properties of the resulting polyesters in terms of the transition temperatures of the thermotropic polyesters prepared from terephthalic acid, 2,4-dichloroterephthalic acid and phenylhydroquinone by the reaction using diphenyl chlorophosphate in pyridine. The direction was tried to control the relative reactivity by changing the reaction temperature and the addition time of hydroquinone, and by modifying it through an association of hydroquinone with LiCl.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• v.14 no.9
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• pp.1216-1220
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• 2001

Effect of hydroquinone (HQ) on rumen urease activity was studied. Hydroquinone at concentrations of 0.01 ppm, 0.1 ppm, 1 ppm, and 10 ppm inhibited urease activity of intact rumen microbes in vitro by 25%, 34%, 55% and 64% respectively. In the presence of low concentrations of $\beta$-mercaptoethanol, rumen urease could be solubilized and partially purified. The Km for the enzyme was $2{\times}10^{-3}$ M with Vmax of $319.4{\mu}moles/mg$ min. The kinetics of inhibition with partially purified rumen urease was investigated. The result showed that the inhibitory effect was not eliminated by increasing urea concentrations indicating a noncompetitive effect in nature with an inhibition constant $1.2{\times}10^{-5}$ M. Hydroquinone at the concentration of 10 ppm produced 64% urease inhibition, did not affect ruminal total dehydrogenase and proteolytic enzyme (p>0.05), but increased cellulase activity by 28% (p<0.05) in vitro. These results indicated that hydroquinone was a effective inhibitor of rumen urease and could effectively delay urea hydrolysis without a negative effect. The inhibitor appeared to offer a potential to improve nitrogen utilization by ruminants fed diets containing urea.

• Molecules and Cells
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.198-206
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• 2007

Hydroquinone is a toxic compound and a major benzene metabolite. We report that it strongly inhibits the activation of macrophages and associated cells. Thus, it suppressed the production of proinflammatory cytokines [tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-${\alpha}$, interleukin (IL)-$1{\beta}$, IL-3, IL-6, IL-10, IL-12p40, IL-23], secretion of toxic molecules [nitric oxide (NO) and reactive oxygen species (ROS)] and the activation and expression of CD29 as judged by cell-cell adhesion and surface staining experiments. The inhibition was due to the induction of heme oxygenase (HO)-1 in LPS-activated macrophages, since blocking HO-1 activity with ZnPP, an HO-1 specific inhibitor, abolished hydroquinone's NO inhibitory activity. In addition, hydroquinone and inhibitors (wortmannin and LY294002) of the phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway had very similar inhibitory effects on LPS-induced and CD29-mediated macrophage responses, including the phoshorylation of Akt. Therefore, our data suggest that hydroquinone inhibits macrophage-mediated immune responses by modulating intracellular signaling and protective mechanisms.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.220-220
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• 2010

clathrate compound란 호스트 분자가 수소 결합에 의하여 3차원 골격구조를 만들고, 이 격자 내부의 동공으로 저분자량의 기체 게스트 분자가 포집되며 형성되는 고체 결정 화합물이다. 현재까지 다양한 호스트 분자가 clathrate 화합물을 형성하는 것으로 보고되어 있으며, 이 중 유기물인 hydroquinone 역시 clathrate compound를 형성할 수 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. clathrate compound는 작은 고체 부피 내부에 막대한 양의 기체 분자를 저장할 수 있는 특성을 지니고 있기 때문에, 에너지 가스의 저장/수송이나 혼합 가스의 선택적 분리와 같은 다양한 응용을 위한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 clathrate compound를 형성하는 유기 호스트 분자인 hydroquinone을 이용하여 다양한 기체분자들에 대한 포집 거동을 파악하였다. 순수 기체로는 $N_2$, $H_2$, $CO_2$, $CH_4$의 4종류를 가지고 고압 반응기에서 50bar의 압력, 상온에서의 반응 조건으로 반응을 시켰다. 이렇게 형성된 반응 샘플들은 clathrate 형성 여부(기체의 포집 여부)를 확인하기 위하여 x-ray 회절을 통한 고체 결정 구조 분석을 수행하였다. 또한 순수 기체 이외에 다양한 비율(20%, 40%, 60%, 80%)의 조성을 갖는 $CO_2+N_2$ 혼합가스를 이용하여 clathrate compound의 형성과 조성 분석을 수행하였는데, x-ray 회절 분석과 13C 고체 NMR 분석을 통해 미세 구조 분석 연구를 수행하였고, Raman분석을 통하여 그 조성을 확인하였다. 본 연구에서 얻어진 결과는 기체의 저장/수송이나 혼합 가스의 선택적 분리와 같은 응용 분야에서 중요한 정보를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.540-546
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• 2016

Besides high-efficient photovoltaics based on silicon, polymers, dye-sensitization and hybrid perovskite materials, biomimetic solar cells inspired by a leaf in nature has also been actively studied. As one example, a hydrogel based photovoltaics (HGPV) is a low-cost, environmentally friendly device and requires easy fabrication process. In this paper, the effect of hydroquinone additive on the performance of the HGPV is discussed. The photocurrent increases ~14 times upon the addition of hydroquinone into the agarose hydrogel medium. The photocurrent increase is maximum at the optimum dye concentration, while the photovoltage is barely affected by the dye concentration. The effect of the agarose content in the hydrogel and the types of dyes on the photocurrent is also investigated. Finally, it is shown that the photovoltaic performance of HGPV with hydroquinone can be drastically improved when $TiO_2$ film is deposited on the anode electrode.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.437-443
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• 2013

Clathrate samples, using hydroquinone as a host and ethylene or propylene as a possible guest, were prepared and analyzed by means of spectroscopic measurements. Obtained results showed that ethylene can form clathrate compounds with hydroquinone at 4.0MPa and room temperature, while propylene cannot form clathrate compounds. Different formation behaviors of these two olefin compounds can be applied to a clathrate-based storage/recovery of ethylene in a selective way, and can provide useful information on the cavity size of the formed clathrate compounds.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.100-105
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• 1972

The thermal degradation of poly (${\alpha}$-methyl styrene) in several mixed solvents (toluene-n-butylalcohol, toluene-sec-butylalcohol, toluene-kerosene, toluene-methyl ethyl ketone) without hydroquinone, and in with the addition of the hydroquinone, was studied at temps. of $165^{\circ}{\sim}205^{\circ}C$. The velocity constant of degradation (k), and the activation energy (E) were calculated for each solvent. As results, k decreased with the increase of the volume-fraction of poor solvent in both systems, whereas E either showed no perceptible change or it increased with the volume-fraction of poor solvents. these results were discussed.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.289-295
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• 2019

Effects of various reaction factors such as pressure, time, and temperature on clathrate formation were investigated for hydroquinone with $CO_2$ and $N_2$. Experimental and spectroscopic results indicate that $CO_2$ plays more preferential role in forming hydroquinone clathrates than $N_2$. These results can be used in application of selective $CO_2$ separation from flue gases with the formation of clathrate compounds.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.819-822
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• 2005