is catechol the same as catechin

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• Mar 30, 2018

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I'm ordering bulk chemicals to roll my own Pyrocat-HD. Cheaper that way. Sandy's formula calls for Pyrocatechin. I am finding catechol. Photoformulary calls it Catechol (pyrocatechin). Art craft only sells catechol. I'm just checking to make sure it really is the same thing.

 

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Yep, just different names for the same thing.

 

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thanks

 

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All correct. But the name catechin (without pyro-) can be something different, nothing to do with photography. One web site suggests that pyrocatechin is an obsolete name for pyrocatechol/catechol.

 

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• Mar 31, 2018

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The old German name for Catechol is Brenzkatechin.

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