3,4-Dihydroxybenzyl alcohol

C7H8O3CAS 3897-89-0140.14 g/mol

HOOHOH
AlcoholPhenol

Properties

Molecular formula
C7H8O3
Molar mass
140.14 g/mol
Exact mass
140.0473 Da
Melting point
115–116 °C
logP
0.59Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
60.7 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
3 / 3
Rotatable bonds
1

Hazards

Warning
Irritant (GHS07)

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

Precautionary statements

P264, P264+P265, P280, P302+P352, P305+P351+P338, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364

Identifiers

CAS number
3897-89-0
SMILES
OCc1ccc(O)c(O)c1
InChIKey
PCYGLFXKCBFGPC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C7H8O3/c8-4-5-1-2-6(9)7(10)3-5/h1-3,8-10H,4H2

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Names and synonyms

8 names
  • 1,2-Benzenediol, 4-(hydroxymethyl)-
  • Benzyl alcohol, 3,4-dihydroxy-
  • 4-(Hydroxymethyl)-1,2-benzenediol
  • Protocatechuyl alcohol
  • 4-Hydroxymethylpyrocatechol
  • 4,5-Dihydroxybenzyl alcohol
  • NSC 355645
  • 4-Hydroxymethylcatechol

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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