4-Methylsalicylic acid

C8H8O3CAS 50-85-1152.15 g/mol

OOHOH
Carboxylic acidPhenol

Properties

Molecular formula
C8H8O3
Molar mass
152.15 g/mol
Exact mass
152.0473 Da
Melting point
177 °C
logP
1.40Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
57.5 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
2 / 2
Rotatable bonds
1

Hazards

Warning
Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 52 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
50-85-1
SMILES
Cc1ccc(C(=O)O)c(O)c1
InChIKey
NJESAXZANHETJV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H8O3/c1-5-2-3-6(8(10)11)7(9)4-5/h2-4,9H,1H3,(H,10,11)

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Names and synonyms

12 names
  • Benzoic acid, 2-hydroxy-4-methyl-
  • 2,4-Cresotic acid
  • 2-Hydroxy-4-methylbenzoic acid
  • γ-Cresotic acid
  • m-Cresotic acid
  • m-Homosalicylic acid
  • 2-Hydroxy-p-toluic acid
  • m-Cresotinic acid
  • 4-Methyl-2-hydroxybenzoic acid
  • p-Methylsalicylic acid
  • NSC 16634
  • 4-Methyl-2-hydroxybenzenecarboxylic acid

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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