2,6-Dihydroxy-4-methylbenzoic acid
Properties
- Molecular formula
- C8H8O4
- Molar mass
- 168.15 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 168.0423 Da
- Melting point
- 166–168 °C (decomposes)
- logP
- 1.10Crippen estimate
- Polar surface area
- 77.8 Ų
- H-bond donors / acceptors
- 3 / 3
- Rotatable bonds
- 1
Hazards
Warning
- H302 Harmful if swallowed25% of notifiers
- H315 Causes skin irritation75% of notifiers
- H319 Causes serious eye irritation100% of notifiers
- H335 May cause respiratory irritation50% of notifiers
Aggregated from 4 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.
Precautionary statements
P261, P264, P264+P265, P270, P271, P280, P301+P317, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P319, P321, P330, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, P501
Identifiers
CAS number
480-67-1SMILES
Cc1cc(O)c(C(=O)O)c(O)c1InChIKey
YBZAVRDNSPUMFK-UHFFFAOYSA-NInChI
InChI=1S/C8H8O4/c1-4-2-5(9)7(8(11)12)6(10)3-4/h2-3,9-10H,1H3,(H,11,12)Weigh it out
Type any one amount. The others follow from the molar mass.
Names and synonyms
5 names
- Benzoic acid, 2,6-dihydroxy-4-methyl-
- γ-Resorcylic acid, 4-methyl-
- 4-Methyl-γ-resorcylic acid
- p-Orsellinic acid
- 2,6-Dihydroxy-4-methylbenzoate
Work with 2,6-Dihydroxy-4-methylbenzoic acid
Similar compounds
Phloroglucinol carboxylic acid83-30-764 % similar
2,4,6-Trimethylbenzoic acid480-63-762 % similar
3,5-Dihydroxy-4-acetyltoluene1634-34-060 % similar
4-Methylsalicylic acid50-85-159 % similar
2,4,6-Trihydroxybenzoic acid monohydrate71989-93-058 % similar
2,6-Dihydroxybenzoic acid303-07-155 % similar
3,5-Dimethylbenzoic acid499-06-955 % similar
Uvitic acid499-49-055 % similar
Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.