Caffeic acid
CAS Registry Number®
331-39-5
CAS Name
Caffeic acidMolecular Formula
C9H8O4Molecular Mass
180.16Cite this Page
Caffeic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=331-39-5 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 331-39-5). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
225 °C (decomp)
Source(s)
- (1) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C9H8O4/c10-7-3-1-6(5-8(7)11)2-4-9(12)13/h1-5,10-11H,(H,12,13)
InChIKey
InChIKey=QAIPRVGONGVQAS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(=CC(O)=O)C1=CC(O)=C(O)C=C1
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C=CC1=CC=C(O)C(O)=C1
Other Names for this Substance
- 2-Propenoic acid, 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-
- Cinnamic acid, 3,4-dihydroxy-
- 3-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-2-propenoic acid
- Caffeic acid
- 3,4-Dihydroxycinnamic acid