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2(3H)-Benzofuranone

CAS Registry Number®

553-86-6

CAS Name

2(3H)-Benzofuranone

Molecular Formula

C8H6O2

Molecular Mass

134.13

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2(3H)-Benzofuranone.   CAS Common Chemistry.   CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d.   http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=553-86-6 (retrieved 2024-12-24) (CAS RN: 553-86-6).  Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Compound Properties

  • Boiling Point (1)

    249 °C

  • Melting Point (1)

    50 °C

Source(s)

  • (1) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)

Other Names and Identifiers

InChI

InChI=1S/C8H6O2/c9-8-5-6-3-1-2-4-7(6)10-8/h1-4H,5H2

InChIKey

InChIKey=ACZGCWSMSTYWDQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

O=C1CC=2C(O1)=CC=CC2

Canonical SMILES

O=C1OC=2C=CC=CC2C1

Other Names for this Substance

  • 2(3H)-Benzofuranone
  • Acetic acid, (o-hydroxyphenyl)-, γ-lactone
  • Isophthalide
  • Benzeneacetic acid, 2-hydroxy-, γ-lactone
  • o-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid γ-lactone

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