4-Ethoxyphenol

beige crystalline powder or chunks

Hydroquinone monoethyl ether has a sweet herbaceous odor, which is reminiscent of anise and fennel

Intermediates of Liquid Crystals

4-Ethoxyphenol has been used as substrate to evaluate kinetic constant for the monophenolase activity of mushroom tyrosinase.

ChEBI: 4-Ethoxyphenol is a member of phenols and an aromatic ether.

Tetrahedron Letters, 35, p. 8727, 1994 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)78482-6

4-Ethoxyphenol is the major dehalogenated product formed during H₂O₂-driven microperoxidase-8-catalyzed dehalogenation of 4-fluorophenol.

Poison by intraperitoneal route. Experimentalreproductive effects. An irritant. When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes.