3-Methylbenzoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
99-04-7
CAS Name
3-Methylbenzoic acidMolecular Formula
C8H8O2Molecular Mass
136.15Cite this Page
3-Methylbenzoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=99-04-7 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 99-04-7). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
148-150 °C @ Press: 15-16 TorrMelting Point (2)
108.7 °C
Source(s)
- (1) Posner, Theodor; Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft [Abteilung] B: Abhandlungen, (1923), 56B, 1621-9, CAplus
- (2) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H8O2/c1-6-3-2-4-7(5-6)8(9)10/h2-5H,1H3,(H,9,10)
InChIKey
InChIKey=GPSDUZXPYCFOSQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(O)(=O)C1=CC(C)=CC=C1
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C1=CC=CC(=C1)C
Other Names for this Substance
- Benzoic acid, 3-methyl-
- m-Toluic acid
- 3-Methylbenzoic acid
- m-Methylbenzoic acid
- β-Methylbenzoic acid
