Molecular properties
- Formula
- C8H8O3
- Molar mass
- 152.15 g·mol−1
- Exact mass
- 152.0473 Da
- 5
- PubChem CID
- 127
Molecule record
2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetic acid
C8H8O3
152.15 g/mol
Loading structure
Functional groups
Alkane / alkyl carbon
Aromatic ring
Carboxylic acid
Phenol
Physical properties
No source-backed physical properties are curated for this molecule yet.
Common names and synonyms
- 156-38-7
- 205-851-3
- 3J9SHG0RCN
- 4-Carboxymethylphenol
- 4-Hydroxybenzeneacetic acid
- 4-Hydroxyphenyl acetic acid
- 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid
- Acetic acid, (p-hydroxyphenyl)-
Show all 24 synonyms
- CHEBI:18101
- CHEMBL1772
- DTXCID6035023
- DTXSID5059745
- Hydroxyphenylacetic acid
- MFCD00004347
- NSC-25066
- NSC-27460
- Parahydroxy phenylacetate
- Parahydroxy phenylacetic acid
- RefChem:524062
- benzeneacetic acid, 4-hydroxy-
- p-Hydroxyphenyl acetic acid
- p-hydroxyphenylacetate
- p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid
- para-hydroxyphenylacetic acid
Structure identifiers
- Canonical SMILES
- O=C(O)Cc1ccc(O)cc1
- Isomeric SMILES
- C1=CC(=CC=C1CC(=O)O)O
- InChI
- InChI=1S/C8H8O3/c9-7-3-1-6(2-4-7)5-8(10)11/h1-4,9H,5H2,(H,10,11)
- InChIKey
- XQXPVVBIMDBYFF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- PubChem CID
- 127
Spectroscopy
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No redistributable or simulated spectroscopy record is attached yet.
Simulated NMR
On-demand educational prediction for 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetic acid; not experimental data.
Simulated EI mass spectrum
On-demand educational fragmentation for 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetic acid; not experimental data.
Sources
Molecule identity
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