Molecular properties
- Formula
- C8H8O4
- Molar mass
- 168.15 g·mol−1
- Exact mass
- 168.0422 Da
- 5
- PubChem CID
- 75231
Molecule record
2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzoic acid
C8H8O4
168.15 g/mol
Loading structure
Functional groups
Alkane / alkyl carbon
Aromatic ring
Carboxylic acid
Ether
Phenol
Physical properties
No source-backed physical properties are curated for this molecule yet.
Common names and synonyms
- 2-Hydroxy-4-methoxybenzoicacid
- 2-Hydroxy-p-anisic Acid
- 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-benzoic acid
- 218-801-0
- 2237-36-7
- 4-Methoxysalicylic acid
- 4-methoxy salicylic acid
- Benzoic acid, 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-
Show all 24 synonyms
- CHEMBL507095
- DIOXYBENZONE_met015
- DTXCID7099397
- DTXSID50176906
- EINECS 218-801-0
- MFCD00002450
- MLS000517276
- NCIOpen2_001552
- NSC 94304
- OXYBENZONE_met012
- RefChem:524846
- SCHEMBL1804047
- SCHEMBL483346
- SCHEMBL6851855
- orb1222500
- orb1304754
Structure identifiers
- Canonical SMILES
- COc1ccc(C(=O)O)c(O)c1
- Isomeric SMILES
- COC1=CC(=C(C=C1)C(=O)O)O
- InChI
- InChI=1S/C8H8O4/c1-12-5-2-3-6(8(10)11)7(9)4-5/h2-4,9H,1H3,(H,10,11)
- InChIKey
- MRIXVKKOHPQOFK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- PubChem CID
- 75231
Spectroscopy
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No redistributable or simulated spectroscopy record is attached yet.
Simulated NMR
On-demand educational prediction for 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzoic acid; not experimental data.
Simulated EI mass spectrum
On-demand educational fragmentation for 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzoic acid; not experimental data.
Sources
Molecule identity
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