Potassium salicylate

C7H5KO3CAS 578-36-9176.21 g/mol

O−OHOK+
Carboxylic acidPhenol

Properties

Molecular formula
C7H5KO3
Molar mass
176.21 g/mol
Exact mass
175.9876 Da
logP
0.71Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
57.5 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
2 / 2
Rotatable bonds
1

Hazards

No GHS classification is on file for this compound. That is not evidence that it is harmless.

Identifiers

CAS number
578-36-9
SMILES
[O-]C(=O)c1ccccc1O.[K+]
InChI

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Names and synonyms

7 names
  • Benzoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, potassium salt (1:1)
  • Salicylic acid, monopotassium salt
  • Benzoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, monopotassium salt
  • Monopotassium salicylate
  • o-Hydroxybenzoic acid monopotassium salt
  • Potassium 2-hydroxybenzoate
  • 2-Hydroxybenzoic acid potassium salt

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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.

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