4-methoxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:40813)

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ChEBI Name	4-methoxybenzoic acid

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:40813

Definition	A methoxybenzoic acid substituted with a methoxy group at position C-4.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:40807, CHEBI:1889

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Formula

C8H8O3

Net Charge

Average Mass

152.14732

Monoisotopic Mass

152.04734

InChI

InChI=1S/C8H8O3/c1-11-7-4-2-6(3-5-7)8(9)10/h2-5H,1H3,(H,9,10)

InChIKey

ZEYHEAKUIGZSGI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

COc1ccc(cc1)C(O)=O

Metabolite of Species	Details
Ficus mucuso (NCBI:txid309328)	Found in fruit (BTO:0000486). Methanolic extract of air-dried and powdered figs(fruits) See: PubMed
Rhododendron ferrugineum (NCBI:txid49622)	Found in leaf (BTO:0000713). MeOH extract of CHCl3 soluble fraction of air-dried,powdered leaves,p-anisic & benzoic acid mixture See: PubMed
Cordyceps sinensis (NCBI:txid72228)	Found in mycelium (BTO:0001436). Ethanolic extract of dried mycelia See: PubMed

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):	plant metabolite Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	4-methoxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:40813) has functional parent benzoic acid (CHEBI:30746) 4-methoxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:40813) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924) 4-methoxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:40813) is a methoxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:25238) 4-methoxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:40813) is conjugate acid of 4-methoxybenzoate (CHEBI:16639)

Incoming	methyl p-anisate (CHEBI:86903) has functional parent 4-methoxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:40813) 4-methoxybenzoate (CHEBI:16639) is conjugate base of 4-methoxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:40813)

IUPAC Name

4-methoxybenzoic acid

Last Modified

23 October 2015