3-Hydroxybenzaldehyde
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3-Hydroxybenzaldehyde is an organic compound with the formula . It is a colorless solid although most samples appear tan. Two other isomers of hydroxybenzaldehyde exist.
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- Mass
- 122.036779
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- chemical formula
- C₇H₆O₂
- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC(=CC(=C1)O)C=O
- MCN code
- 2912.49.20
- melting point
- 104.0
- found in taxon
- Arabidopsis thaliana
- Commons category
- 3-Hydroxybenzaldehyde
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3-Hydroxybenzaldehyde is an organic compound with the formula . It is a colorless solid although most samples appear tan. Two other isomers of hydroxybenzaldehyde exist.
==Preparation== It has been prepared from 3-nitrobenzaldehyde in a sequence of nitro group reduction, diazotization of the amine, and hydrolysis.
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