4-(Hydroxymethyl)benzoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
3006-96-0
CAS Name
4-(Hydroxymethyl)benzoic acidMolecular Formula
C8H8O3Molecular Mass
152.15Cite this Page
4-(Hydroxymethyl)benzoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=3006-96-0 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 3006-96-0). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
140-150 °C @ Press: 9 TorrMelting Point (2)
181-182 °C
Source(s)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H8O3/c9-5-6-1-3-7(4-2-6)8(10)11/h1-4,9H,5H2,(H,10,11)
InChIKey
InChIKey=WWYFPDXEIFBNKE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(O)(=O)C1=CC=C(CO)C=C1
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C1=CC=C(C=C1)CO
Other Names for this Substance
- Benzoic acid, 4-(hydroxymethyl)-
- p-Toluic acid, α-hydroxy-
- 4-(Hydroxymethyl)benzoic acid
- p-(Hydroxymethyl)benzoic acid
- α-Hydroxy-p-toluic acid
