Tropolone CAS:533-75-5

Tropolone est compositum organicum cum formula chemica C7H5 .(OH)O*. Est solidum pallidum luteum quod solutum est in organicis solventibus. Compositum interest chemicis investigationibus electronicis ob insolitam structuram electronicam et munus ligandi praecursoris. Quamvis non usitas parata ex tropone, it can be viewed as its derivative with a hydroxyl group in the 2-position.

It is an inhibitor of grape polyphenol oxidase and mushroom tyrosinase.