4-Aminobenzoic acid

C7H7NO2CAS 150-13-0137.14 g/mol

H2NOOH
Carboxylic acidPrimary amine

Properties

Molecular formula
C7H7NO2
Molar mass
137.14 g/mol
Exact mass
137.0477 Da
Density
1.37 g/mL
Melting point
188.5 °C
Boiling point
200 °C (at 10 Torr)
pKa
2.38 (25 °C), 4.85 (25 °C)
Water solubility
5.39 g/L (25 °C)
logP
0.97Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
63.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
2 / 2
Rotatable bonds
1

Hazards

Warning
Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 242 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P261, P264, P264+P265, P271, P272, P273, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P319, P321, P332+P317, P333+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
150-13-0
SMILES
Nc1ccc(C(=O)O)cc1
InChIKey
ALYNCZNDIQEVRV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C7H7NO2/c8-6-3-1-5(2-4-6)7(9)10/h1-4H,8H2,(H,9,10)

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Names and synonyms

33 names · show all
  • Benzoic acid, 4-amino-
  • Benzoic acid, p-amino-
  • Amben
  • p-Aminobenzoic acid
  • Anticanitic vitamin
  • Chromotrichia factor
  • anti-Chromotrichia factor
  • PABA
  • Paraminol
  • Trichochromogenic factor
  • Vitamin BX
  • Vitamin H'
  • p-Carboxyaniline
  • Paranate
  • p-Carboxyphenylamine
  • 4-Carboxyaniline
  • PAB
  • Hachemina
  • Pabacyd
  • Pabafilm
  • Pabamine
  • Romavit
  • Aniline-4-carboxylic acid
  • Sunbrella
  • Antichromotrichia factor
  • Anticantic vitamin
  • Bacterial vitamin H1
  • NSC 7627
  • 4-Carboxyphenylamine
  • Actipol
  • 4-Aminobenzenecarboxylic acid
  • p-Aminobenzenecarboxylic acid
  • para-Aminobenzoates

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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