5-Methylsalicylic acid
Properties
- Molecular formula
- C8H8O3
- Molar mass
- 152.15 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 152.0473 Da
- Density
- 1.31 g/mL
- Melting point
- 151 °C
- logP
- 1.40Crippen estimate
- Polar surface area
- 57.5 Ų
- H-bond donors / acceptors
- 2 / 2
- Rotatable bonds
- 1
Hazards
Warning
- H302 Harmful if swallowed98% of notifiers
- H315 Causes skin irritation98% of notifiers
- H319 Causes serious eye irritation98% of notifiers
- H335 May cause respiratory irritation96% of notifiers
Aggregated from 50 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
89-56-5SMILES
Cc1ccc(O)c(C(=O)O)c1InChIKey
DLGBEGBHXSAQOC-UHFFFAOYSA-NInChI
InChI=1S/C8H8O3/c1-5-2-3-7(9)6(4-5)8(10)11/h2-4,9H,1H3,(H,10,11)Weigh it out
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Names and synonyms
11 names
- Benzoic acid, 2-hydroxy-5-methyl-
- 2,5-Cresotic acid
- 2-Hydroxy-5-methylbenzoic acid
- p-Cresotic acid
- p-Cresotinic acid
- α-Cresotinic acid
- p-Homosalicylic acid
- 6-Hydroxy-3-methylbenzoic acid
- 6-Hydroxy-m-toluic acid
- 5-Methyl-2-hydroxybenzoic acid
- NSC 38518
Work with 5-Methylsalicylic acid
Similar compounds
4-Methylsalicylic acid50-85-174 % similar
4-Methylphthalic acid4316-23-870 % similar
2,5-Dimethylbenzoic acid610-72-066 % similar
4,4'-Dihydroxybiphenyl-3,3'-dicarboxylic acid13987-45-665 % similar
2′-Hydroxy-5′-methylacetophenone1450-72-264 % similar
Gentisic acid490-79-963 % similar
4-Hydroxyisophthalic acid636-46-463 % similar
2-Amino-5-methylbenzoic acid2941-78-862 % similar
Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.