CHEBI:30753 - 4-aminobenzoic acid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:30753
ChEBI Name4-aminobenzoic acid
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DefinitionAn aminobenzoic acid in which the amino group is para to the carboxy group.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:1783, CHEBI:20315, CHEBI:44778, CHEBI:113372
Last Modified4 August 2025
SubmitterKirill Degtyarenko
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FormulaC7H7NO2
Net Charge0
Average Mass137.138
Monoisotopic Mass137.04768
SMILESNc1ccc(C(=O)O)cc1
InChIInChI=1S/C7H7NO2/c8-6-3-1-5(2-4-6)7(9)10/h1-4H,8H2,(H,9,10)
InChIKeyALYNCZNDIQEVRV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Escherichia coli (ncbitaxon:562) - PubMed (1644759)
Arabidopsis thaliana (ncbitaxon:3702) - PubMed (14745019)
Roles Classification
Chemical Roles:
Bronsted base  A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Brønsted acid).
Bronsted acid  A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Brønsted base).
Biological Roles:
plant metabolite  Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
Escherichia coli metabolite  Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.
allergen  A chemical compound, or part thereof, which causes the onset of an allergic reaction by interacting with any of the molecular pathways involved in an allergy.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
4-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:30753) has functional parent benzoic acid (CHEBI:30746)
4-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:30753) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971)
4-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:30753) has role allergen (CHEBI:50904)
4-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:30753) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
4-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:30753) is a aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:22495)
4-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:30753) is conjugate acid of 4-aminobenzoate (CHEBI:17836)
4-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:30753) is conjugate base of 4-carboxyanilinium (CHEBI:194473)
4-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:30753) is tautomer of 4-ammoniobenzoate (CHEBI:194474)
Incoming Relation(s)
1-O-(4-aminobenzoyl)-β-D-glucopyranose (CHEBI:139329) has functional parent 4-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:30753)
4-(hydroxyamino)benzoic acid (CHEBI:231474) has functional parent 4-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:30753)
4-(oxaloamino)benzoic acid (CHEBI:30875) has functional parent 4-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:30753)
4-acetamidobenzoic acid (CHEBI:46171) has functional parent 4-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:30753)
ascr#8 (CHEBI:78834) has functional parent 4-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:30753)
butamben (CHEBI:3231) has functional parent 4-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:30753)
procaine (CHEBI:8430) has functional parent 4-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:30753)
4-carboxyanilinium (CHEBI:194473) is conjugate acid of 4-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:30753)
4-aminobenzoate (CHEBI:17836) is conjugate base of 4-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:30753)
4-ammoniobenzoate (CHEBI:194474) is tautomer of 4-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:30753)
IUPAC Name 
4-aminobenzoic acid
Synonyms  Source
4-Aminobenzoic acidKEGG COMPOUND
4-AMINOBENZOIC ACIDPDBeChem
p-aminobenzoic acidNIST Chemistry WebBook
para-aminobenzoic acidNIST Chemistry WebBook
PABANIST Chemistry WebBook
ABEEKEGG COMPOUND
Manual XrefsDatabases
C00568KEGG COMPOUND
PABPDBeChem
4-Aminobenzoic_acidWikipedia
DB02362DrugBank
HMDB0001392HMDB
D02456KEGG DRUG
C00001401KNApSAcK
ECMDB01392ECMDB
YMDB00493YMDB
2049DrugCentral
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:50150Gmelin
Reaxys:471605Reaxys
CAS:150-13-0KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:150-13-0ChemIDplus
CAS:150-13-0NIST Chemistry WebBook
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