' character in text string

I am trying to update a table to set a text string equal to a string that contains a ' single quote as a part of the string. This is unfortunately often necessary with chemical names, where the ' means prime. SQL thinks that this is an ending to the string, and so gives an error. I have tried using escape characters (\ and {}), but it has not fixed the problem. Any help would be appreciated.
SQL> update occurrence_standards set name='DDE, p,p'-' where pcode='49328';
ERROR:
ORA-01756: quoted string not properly terminated
SQL> update occurrence_standards set name='DDE, p,p\'-' where pcode='49328';
ERROR:
ORA-01756: quoted string not properly terminated
SQL> update occurrence_standards set name='{DDE, p,p'-}' where pcode='49328';
ERROR:
ORA-01756: quoted string not properly terminated

Use 2 single quotes.
John

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