2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
490-79-9
CAS Name
2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acidMolecular Formula
C7H6O4Molecular Mass
154.12Cite this Page
2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=490-79-9 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 490-79-9). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
150 °C @ Press: 12 TorrMelting Point (2)
199.5 °C
Source(s)
- (1) von Wacek, Anton; Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft [Abteilung] B: Abhandlungen, (1941), 74B, 845-57, CAplus
- (2) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C7H6O4/c8-4-1-2-6(9)5(3-4)7(10)11/h1-3,8-9H,(H,10,11)
InChIKey
InChIKey=WXTMDXOMEHJXQO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(O)(=O)C1=C(O)C=CC(O)=C1
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C1=CC(O)=CC=C1O
Other Names for this Substance
- Benzoic acid, 2,5-dihydroxy-
- Gentisic acid
- 2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid
- Hydroquinonecarboxylic acid
- 5-Hydroxysalicylic acid
