Methyl 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate
CAS Registry Number®
2150-46-1
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CAS Name
Methyl 2,5-dihydroxybenzoateMolecular Formula
C8H8O4Molecular Mass
168.15Cite this Page
Methyl 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/ChemicalDetail.aspx?ref=2150-46-1 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 2150-46-1). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
55 °C @ Press: 0.01 TorrMelting Point (2)
86 °C
Source(s)
- (1) Denotes property values from the ZIC/VINITI data file provided by InfoChem.
- (2) Beaugeard, Nicole Hurion; Bulletin de la Societe Chimique de France, (1956), 1612-15, CAplus
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H8O4/c1-12-8(11)6-4-5(9)2-3-7(6)10/h2-4,9-10H,1H3
InChIKey
InChIKey=XGDPKUKRQHHZTH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(OC)(=O)C1=C(O)C=CC(O)=C1
Canonical SMILES
O=C(OC)C1=CC(O)=CC=C1O
Other Names for this Substance
- Benzoic acid, 2,5-dihydroxy-, methyl ester
- Gentisic acid, methyl ester
- Methyl 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate
- Methyl gentisate
- 2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester
