Vanillic acid
CAS Registry Number®
121-34-6
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CAS Name
Vanillic acidMolecular Formula
C8H8O4Molecular Mass
168.15Cite this Page
Vanillic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=121-34-6 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 121-34-6). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
211.5 °CDensity (2)
0.29081 g/cm³ @ Temp: 59.9 °C; Press: 75006 Torr
Source(s)
- (1) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
- (2) Bian, Xiao-Qiang; Chemical Engineering Research and Design, (2017), 123, 284-294, CAplus
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H8O4/c1-12-7-4-5(8(10)11)2-3-6(7)9/h2-4,9H,1H3,(H,10,11)
InChIKey
InChIKey=WKOLLVMJNQIZCI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
O(C)C1=CC(C(O)=O)=CC=C1O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C1=CC=C(O)C(OC)=C1
Other Names for this Substance
- Benzoic acid, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-
- Vanillic acid
- 4-Hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid
- VA
- 3-Methoxy-4-hydroxybenzoic acid
