Homogentisic acid
CAS Registry Number®
451-13-8
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CAS Name
Homogentisic acidMolecular Formula
C8H8O4Molecular Mass
168.15Cite this Page
Homogentisic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=451-13-8 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 451-13-8). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
153 °C
Source(s)
- (1) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H8O4/c9-6-1-2-7(10)5(3-6)4-8(11)12/h1-3,9-10H,4H2,(H,11,12)
InChIKey
InChIKey=IGMNYECMUMZDDF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(C(O)=O)C1=C(O)C=CC(O)=C1
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)CC1=CC(O)=CC=C1O
Other Names for this Substance
- Benzeneacetic acid, 2,5-dihydroxy-
- Acetic acid, (2,5-dihydroxyphenyl)-
- 2,5-Dihydroxybenzeneacetic acid
- Alcapton
- 2,5-Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid
