2,4-Dihydroxybenzoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
89-86-1
CAS Name
2,4-Dihydroxybenzoic acidMolecular Formula
C7H6O4Molecular Mass
154.12Cite this Page
2,4-Dihydroxybenzoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=89-86-1 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 89-86-1). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
226 °C (decomp)
Source(s)
- (1) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C7H6O4/c8-4-1-2-5(7(10)11)6(9)3-4/h1-3,8-9H,(H,10,11)
InChIKey
InChIKey=UIAFKZKHHVMJGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(O)(=O)C1=C(O)C=C(O)C=C1
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C1=CC=C(O)C=C1O
Other Names for this Substance
- Benzoic acid, 2,4-dihydroxy-
- β-Resorcylic acid
- 2,4-Dihydroxybenzoic acid
- 4-Hydroxysalicylic acid
- p-Hydroxysalicylic acid