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3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid
Sign in to saveAlso known as 4-Carboxy-1,2-dihydroxybenzene, 4,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid, Protocatechuic acid, Protocatehuic acid, beta-resorcylate, 2,4-Dihydroxybenzoic acid, beta-Resorcylic acid, b-Resorcylic acid
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- C7H6O4
- Molecular weight
- 154.12 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid
- SMILES
- C1=CC(=C(C=C1C(=O)O)O)O
- InChIKey
- YQUVCSBJEUQKSH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.1
- Polar surface area
- 77.8 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 3
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Research
3,415 papers- Protective effects of 3, 4-dihydroxybenzoic acid on myocardial infarction induced by isoproterenol in rats.Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology · 2024
- Submicron 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid-TiO(2) composite particles for enhanced MALDI MS imaging of secondary metabolites in the root of differently aged baical skullcap.The Analyst · 2022
- Esters of 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, highly effective inhibitors of the sn-glycerol-3-phosphate oxidase of Trypanosoma brucei brucei.Molecular and biochemical parasitology · 1986
- Protection against Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease by Protocatechuic Acid.Gut microbes · 2023
- Influence of 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid on metal ion concentrations in guinea pig tissues after copper intoxication.Veterinary and human toxicology · 1997
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- dihydroxybenzoic acid
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 154.027
- Image
- 3,4-Dihydroxybenzoic acid.jpg
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- found in taxon
- Actinidia arguta
- chemical formula
- C₇H₆O₄
- canonical SMILES
- c1cc(c(cc1C(=O)O)O)O
- melting point
- 221
- Commons category
- Protocatechuic acid
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