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(RS)-mandelic acid
Sign in to saveAlso known as 2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetic acid, mandelic acid, 2-hydroxy-2-phenylethanoic acid, DL-mandelic acid, alpha-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, almond acid, a-hydroxy-a-toluic acid, 2-phenyl-2-hydroxyacetic acid
pair of enantiomers
Chemical data
- Formula
- C8H8O3
- Molecular weight
- 152.15 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetic acid
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(C(=O)O)O
- InChIKey
- IWYDHOAUDWTVEP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.6
- Polar surface area
- 57.5 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- aromatic alcohol
- Mass
- 152.047
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- Commons category
- Mandelic acid
- chemical formula
- C₈H₈O₃
- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(C(=O)O)O
- melting point
- 120.0
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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