CHEBI:421840 - O-methylsalicylic acid

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ChEBI Name O-methylsalicylic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:421840
ChEBI ASCII Name O-methylsalicylic acid
Definition A methoxybenzoic acid that is the methyl ether of salicylic acid.
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Formula C8H8O3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 152.14730
Monoisotopic Mass 152.04734
InChI InChI=1S/C8H8O3/c1-11-7-5-3-2-4-6(7)8(9)10/h2-5H,1H3,(H,9,10)
InChIKey ILUJQPXNXACGAN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES COc1ccccc1C(O)=O
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Biological Role(s): flavouring agent
A food additive that is used to added improve the taste or odour of a food.
Application(s): flavouring agent
A food additive that is used to added improve the taste or odour of a food.
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
An anti-inflammatory drug that is not a steroid. In addition to anti-inflammatory actions, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have analgesic, antipyretic, and platelet-inhibitory actions. They act by blocking the synthesis of prostaglandins by inhibiting cyclooxygenase, which converts arachidonic acid to cyclic endoperoxides, precursors of prostaglandins.
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Outgoing O-methylsalicylic acid (CHEBI:421840) has role flavouring agent (CHEBI:35617)
O-methylsalicylic acid (CHEBI:421840) has role non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (CHEBI:35475)
O-methylsalicylic acid (CHEBI:421840) is a methoxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:25238)
O-methylsalicylic acid (CHEBI:421840) is conjugate acid of O-methylsalicylate (CHEBI:59128)
Incoming cyprosulfamide (CHEBI:132270) has functional parent O-methylsalicylic acid (CHEBI:421840)
O-methylsalicylate (CHEBI:59128) is conjugate base of O-methylsalicylic acid (CHEBI:421840)
IUPAC Name
2-methoxybenzoic acid
Synonyms Sources
2-Anisic acid ChemIDplus
2-Methoxy-benzoic acid ChEMBL
o-anisic acid ChEBI
o-Methoxybenzoic acid ChemIDplus
ortho-methoxybenzoic acid ChEBI
Salicylic acid methyl ether ChemIDplus
Manual Xrefs Databases
2-Methoxybenzoic_acid Wikipedia
HMDB0032604 HMDB
O-Methoxybenzoic_acid Wikipedia
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
509929 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
509929 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
579-75-9 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
579-75-9 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
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22 June 2016