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:
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.
Escherichia coli metabolite  Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.
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 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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