Orcinol

Warning

H302 (100%): Harmful if swallowed [Warning Acute toxicity, oral]

P261, P264, P264+P265, P270, P271, P273, P280, P301+P317, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P319, P321, P330, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P391, P403+P233, P405, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)

Aggregated GHS information provided per 66 reports by companies from 13 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory. Each notification may be associated with multiple companies.

Chemical: 1,3-Benzenediol, 5-methyl-

Orcinol: Does not have an individual approval but may be used under an appropriate group standard

Causes convulsions and coma in subcutaneous lethal-dose studies of guinea pigs and rats; [RTECS] A skin and strong eye irritant; Harmful by ingestion; Prolonged or repeated exposure may cause eye injury; [Sigma-Aldrich MSDS] See 2-Methyl-1,4-hydroquinone, 1,3-Benzenediol, 2-methyl-, Resorcinol, and Cresol, all isomers.

Substances used for the detection, identification, analysis, etc. of chemical, biological, or pathologic processes or conditions. Indicators are substances that change in physical appearance, e.g., color, at or approaching the endpoint of a chemical titration, e.g., on the passage between acidity and alkalinity. Reagents are substances used for the detection or determination of another substance by chemical or microscopical means, especially analysis. Types of reagents are precipitants, solvents, oxidizers, reducers, fluxes, and colorimetric reagents. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed, p301, p499)