1,2-Dimethoxybenzene

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| Name = 1,2-Dimethoxybenzene

| ImageFile = Veratrole.svg

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| ImageName = 1,2-Dimethoxybenzene

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| ImageAlt1 = 1,2-Dimethoxybenzene molecule

| PIN = 1,2-Dimethoxybenzene{{cite book | title = Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry : IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book) | publisher = The Royal Society of Chemistry | date = 2014 | location = Cambridge | page = 702 | doi = 10.1039/9781849733069-00648 | isbn = 978-0-85404-182-4}}

| OtherNames = Veratrole
o-Dimethoxybenzene
Pyrocatechol dimethyl ether

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| ChEBI = 59114

| ChemSpiderID = 13861009

| PubChem = 7043

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| UNII = 61WJZ2Q41I

| EC_number = 202-045-3

| ChEMBL = 1668603

| InChI = 1/C8H10O2/c1-9-7-5-3-4-6-8(7)10-2/h3-6H,1-2H3

| InChIKey = ABDKAPXRBAPSQN-UHFFFAOYAD

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| StdInChI = 1S/C8H10O2/c1-9-7-5-3-4-6-8(7)10-2/h3-6H,1-2H3

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| StdInChIKey = ABDKAPXRBAPSQN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

| CASNo = 91-16-7

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| SMILES = COc1ccccc1OC

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| C=8 | H=10 | O=2

| Density = 1.084 g/cm{{sup|3}}Merck Index, 11th Edition, 9857

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| BoilingPtC = 206–207

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| MagSus = −87.39·10{{sup|−6}} cm{{sup|3}}/mol

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| NFPA-H = 2

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1,2-Dimethoxybenzene, commonly known as veratrole, is an organic compound with the formula C{{sub|6}}H{{sub|4}}(methoxy){{sub|2}}. It is one of three isomers of dimethoxybenzene. It is a colorless liquid, with a pleasant odor and slight solubility in water. It is the dimethyl ether derived from pyrocatechol.