2-(Hydroxymethyl)benzoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
612-20-4
CAS Name
2-(Hydroxymethyl)benzoic acidMolecular Formula
C8H8O3Molecular Mass
152.15Cite this Page
2-(Hydroxymethyl)benzoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=612-20-4 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 612-20-4). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
139.5-140.5 °C
Source(s)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H8O3/c9-5-6-3-1-2-4-7(6)8(10)11/h1-4,9H,5H2,(H,10,11)
InChIKey
InChIKey=MGMNPSAERQZUIM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(O)C1=C(C(O)=O)C=CC=C1
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C=1C=CC=CC1CO
Other Names for this Substance
- Benzoic acid, 2-(hydroxymethyl)-
- o-Toluic acid, α-hydroxy-
- 2-(Hydroxymethyl)benzoic acid
- α-Hydroxy-o-toluic acid
- o-Carboxybenzyl alcohol
