Methyl 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate
Properties
- Molecular formula
- C8H8O4
- Molar mass
- 168.15 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 168.0423 Da
- Melting point
- 86 °C
- Boiling point
- 55 °C (at 0.01 Torr)
- logP
- 0.88Crippen estimate
- Polar surface area
- 66.8 Ų
- H-bond donors / acceptors
- 2 / 4
- Rotatable bonds
- 1
Hazards
Danger
- H315 Causes skin irritation30.3% of notifiers
- H317 May cause an allergic skin reaction69.1% of notifiers
- H318 Causes serious eye damage69.1% of notifiers
- H319 Causes serious eye irritation30.3% of notifiers
- H335 May cause respiratory irritation29.6% of notifiers
- H400 Very toxic to aquatic life69.1% of notifiers
Aggregated from 152 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, P305+P354+P338, P317, P319, P321, P332+P317, P333+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P391, P403+P233, P405, P501
Identifiers
CAS number
2150-46-1SMILES
COC(=O)c1cc(O)ccc1OInChIKey
XGDPKUKRQHHZTH-UHFFFAOYSA-NInChI
InChI=1S/C8H8O4/c1-12-8(11)6-4-5(9)2-3-7(6)10/h2-4,9-10H,1H3Weigh it out
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Names and synonyms
8 names
- Benzoic acid, 2,5-dihydroxy-, methyl ester
- Gentisic acid, methyl ester
- Methyl gentisate
- 2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester
- Methoxycarbonylhydroquinone
- NSC 618316
- 2-Methoxycarbonyl-1,4-benzenediol
- 2-(Methoxycarbonyl)hydroquinone
Work with Methyl 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate
Similar compounds
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Dimethyl 4-hydroxyphthalate22479-95-475 % similar
5-Bromo-2-hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester4068-76-271 % similar
4-Hydroxyisophthalic acid dimethyl ester5985-24-071 % similar
Methyl 5-methylsalicylate22717-57-369 % similar
Methyl 5-hydroxyanthranilate1882-72-067 % similar
Methyl 5-methoxysalicylate2905-82-067 % similar
Methyl 5-fluoro-2-hydroxybenzoate391-92-467 % similar
Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.