4-Methoxysalicylic acid

C8H8O4CAS 2237-36-7168.15 g/mol

OOOHOH
Carboxylic acidEtherPhenol

Properties

Molecular formula
C8H8O4
Molar mass
168.15 g/mol
Exact mass
168.0423 Da
Melting point
157 °C
logP
1.10Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
66.8 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
2 / 3
Rotatable bonds
2

Hazards

Warning
Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 42 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

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

Identifiers

CAS number
2237-36-7
SMILES
COc1ccc(C(=O)O)c(O)c1
InChIKey
MRIXVKKOHPQOFK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H8O4/c1-12-5-2-3-6(8(10)11)7(9)4-5/h2-4,9H,1H3,(H,10,11)

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Names and synonyms

7 names
  • Benzoic acid, 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-
  • p-Anisic acid, 2-hydroxy-
  • 2-Hydroxy-4-methoxybenzoic acid
  • 2-Hydroxy-p-anisic acid
  • 4-Methoxy-2-hydroxybenzoic acid
  • p-Methoxysalicylic acid
  • NSC 94304

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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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