6-Methylsalicylic acid
CAS Registry Number®
567-61-3
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CAS Name
6-Methylsalicylic acidMolecular Formula
C8H8O3Molecular Mass
152.15Cite this Page
6-Methylsalicylic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=567-61-3 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 567-61-3). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
170 °C
Source(s)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H8O3/c1-5-3-2-4-6(9)7(5)8(10)11/h2-4,9H,1H3,(H,10,11)
InChIKey
InChIKey=HCJMNOSIAGSZBM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(O)(=O)C1=C(C)C=CC=C1O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C=1C(O)=CC=CC1C
Other Names for this Substance
- Benzoic acid, 2-hydroxy-6-methyl-
- 2,6-Cresotic acid
- 2-Hydroxy-6-methylbenzoic acid
- 6-MS
- 6-MSA
