4-(Hydroxymethyl)benzoic acid
Properties
- Molecular formula
- C8H8O3
- Molar mass
- 152.15 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 152.0473 Da
- Melting point
- 181–182 °C
- Boiling point
- 140–150 °C (at 9 Torr)
- logP
- 0.88Crippen estimate
- Polar surface area
- 57.5 Ų
- H-bond donors / acceptors
- 2 / 2
- Rotatable bonds
- 2
Hazards
Warning
- H315 Causes skin irritation100% of notifiers
- H319 Causes serious eye irritation100% of notifiers
- H335 May cause respiratory irritation97.9% of notifiers
Aggregated from 47 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
3006-96-0SMILES
O=C(O)c1ccc(CO)cc1InChIKey
WWYFPDXEIFBNKE-UHFFFAOYSA-NInChI
InChI=1S/C8H8O3/c9-5-6-1-3-7(4-2-6)8(10)11/h1-4,9H,5H2,(H,10,11)Weigh it out
Type any one amount. The others follow from the molar mass.
Names and synonyms
6 names
- Benzoic acid, 4-(hydroxymethyl)-
- p-Toluic acid, α-hydroxy-
- p-(Hydroxymethyl)benzoic acid
- α-Hydroxy-p-toluic acid
- p-Carboxybenzyl alcohol
- 4-Carboxybenzyl alcohol
Work with 4-(Hydroxymethyl)benzoic acid
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
Terephthalic acid100-21-065 % similar
4-(Chloromethyl)benzoic acid1642-81-562 % similar
4-(Aminomethyl)benzoic acid56-91-762 % similar
4-Ethylbenzoic acid619-64-762 % similar
4-(Bromomethyl)benzoic acid6232-88-862 % similar
3-(Hydroxymethyl)-benzoic acid28286-79-561 % similar
4-Propylbenzoic acid2438-05-360 % similar
4-Carboxybenzeneacetic acid501-89-360 % similar
Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.