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Catechol vs Catechin - What's the difference?

catechol | catechin |

In organic compound terms the difference between catechol and catechin

is that catechol is the biologically important diphenol ortho-dihydroxy benzene; isomeric with hydroquinone and resorcinol while catechin is catechol.

catechol

English

(wikipedia catechol)

Noun

  • (organic compound) The biologically important diphenol ortho-dihydroxy benzene; isomeric with hydroquinone and resorcinol.

    • Synonyms

    *pyrocatechol

    catechin

    English

    (wikipedia catechin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) catechol