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mellitic acid
Sign in to saveAlso known as benzene-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexacarboxylic acid, Hexacarboxybenzene, 1,2,3,4,5,6-Benzenehexacarboxylic acid, benzene hexacarboxylic acid, benzenehexacarboxylic acid, mellic acid, graphitic acid, Benzene Hexacarboxylic Acid
acid first discovered in 1799 by M. H. Klaproth in the mineral mellite (honeystone), which is the aluminium salt of the acid; benzene-derived hexacarboxylic acid in which each carbon of benzene carries a carboxy substituent
Chemical data
- Formula
- C12H6O12
- Molecular weight
- 342.17 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- benzene-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexacarboxylic acid
- SMILES
- C1(=C(C(=C(C(=C1C(=O)O)C(=O)O)C(=O)O)C(=O)O)C(=O)O)C(=O)O
- InChIKey
- YDSWCNNOKPMOTP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.9
- Polar surface area
- 224 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 6
- H-bond acceptors
- 12
- Formal charge
- 0
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