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gallic acid
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3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid
OverviewAI-generated
Gallic acid, also identified as 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid, is a chemical compound with the formula C₇H₆O₅. Its molecular mass is listed as 170.022, while its weight is recorded as 170.12. The substance has a charge of 0 and a canonical SMILES notation of C1=C(C=C(C(=C1O)O)O)C(=O)O.
The compound exhibits specific physicochemical properties, including an xlogp value of 0.7 and a topological polar surface area of 98. It contains four hydrogen bond donors and five hydrogen bond acceptors. Gallic acid is the subject of 19,244 publications in the PubMed database and is referenced by 248 other encyclopedia articles.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C7H6O5
- Molecular weight
- 170.12 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid
- SMILES
- C1=C(C=C(C(=C1O)O)O)C(=O)O
- InChIKey
- LNTHITQWFMADLM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.7
- Polar surface area
- 98 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 4
- H-bond acceptors
- 5
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
19,244 papers- Gallic acid: design of a pyrogallol-containing hydrogel and its biomedical applications.Biomaterials science · 2024
- Gallic Acid: A Dietary Polyphenol that Exhibits Anti-neoplastic Activities by Modulating Multiple Oncogenic Targets.Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry · 2022
- Gallic Acid: Review of the Methods of Determination and Quantification.Critical reviews in analytical chemistry · 2016
- Gallic acid: molecular rival of cancer.Environmental toxicology and pharmacology · 2013
- Probing Gallic Acid for Its Broad Spectrum Applications.Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry · 2018
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- trihydroxybenzoic acid
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 170.022
- Image
- Gallic acid powder.jpg
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- found in taxon
- Dactylorhiza maculata
- Commons category
- Gallic acid
- chemical formula
- C₇H₆O₅
- canonical SMILES
- C1=C(C=C(C(=C1O)O)O)C(=O)O
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- has characteristic
- bitterness
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Encyclopedic overview
Names
Preferred IUPAC name 3,4,5-Trihydroxybenzoic acid
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “gallic acid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.