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phthalic acid
Sign in to saveAlso known as o-benzenedicarboxylic acid, ortho-phthalic acid, Naphthalinate, Naphthalinic acid, Phthalinic acid, M 2, Alizarinic acid, Phthalinate
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- C8H6O4
- Molecular weight
- 166.13 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- phthalic acid
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C(=C1)C(=O)O)C(=O)O
- InChIKey
- XNGIFLGASWRNHJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.7
- Polar surface area
- 74.6 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
In organic chemistry, phthalic acid is an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, with formula C6H4(CO2H)2 and structure HO(O)C−C6H4−C(O)OH. Although phthalic acid is of modest commercial importance, the closely related derivative phthalic anhydride is a commodity chemical produced on a large scale. Phthalic acid is one of three isomers of benzenedicarboxylic acid, the others being isophthalic acid and terephthalic acid.
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