2,6-Dihydroxy-4-methylbenzoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
480-67-1
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CAS Name
2,6-Dihydroxy-4-methylbenzoic acidMolecular Formula
C8H8O4Molecular Mass
168.15Cite this Page
2,6-Dihydroxy-4-methylbenzoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/ChemicalDetail.aspx?ref=480-67-1 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 480-67-1). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
166-168 °C (decomp)
Source(s)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H8O4/c1-4-2-5(9)7(8(11)12)6(10)3-4/h2-3,9-10H,1H3,(H,11,12)
InChIKey
InChIKey=YBZAVRDNSPUMFK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(O)(=O)C1=C(O)C=C(C)C=C1O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C1=C(O)C=C(C=C1O)C
Other Names for this Substance
- Benzoic acid, 2,6-dihydroxy-4-methyl-
- γ-Resorcylic acid, 4-methyl-
- 2,6-Dihydroxy-4-methylbenzoic acid
- 4-Methyl-γ-resorcylic acid
- p-Orsellinic acid
