Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Octahydroxyanthraquinone is an organic compound with formula C14H8O12, formally derived from anthraquinone by replacement of 8 hydrogen atoms by hydroxyl groups.The compound was obtained in 1911 by Georgievics and can be obtained through oxidation of rufigallol (1,2,3,5,6,7-hexahydroxyanthraquinone) with boric acid and mercuric acid in sulfuric acid at 250 °C.Esters of octahydroxyanthraquinone, where all eight hydroxyls are replaced by straight-chain 1-alkanecarboxylate groups H3C-(CH2)n-COO-, with n between 6 and 14, are liquid crystals and have been studied for possible LCD applications.