CHEBI:30816 - vanillic acid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:30816
ChEBI Namevanillic acid
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DefinitionA monohydroxybenzoic acid that is 4-hydroxybenzoic acid substituted by a methoxy group at position 3.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:9933, CHEBI:27278
Last Modified19 July 2022
SubmitterKirill Degtyarenko
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FormulaC8H8O4
Net Charge0
Average Mass168.148
Monoisotopic Mass168.04226
SMILESCOc1cc(C(=O)O)ccc1O
InChIInChI=1S/C8H8O4/c1-12-7-4-5(8(10)11)2-3-6(7)9/h2-4,9H,1H3,(H,10,11)
InChIKeyWKOLLVMJNQIZCI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Lepisorus contortus (ncbitaxon:699669) whole plant (BTO:0001461) PubMed (21261296) 95% EtOH extract of air-dried, powdered whole plant
Paeonia rockii subsp. rockii (ncbitaxon:459179) root (BTO:0001188) PubMed (21954959) Isolated from chloroform soluble extract of air-dried and powdered roots
Cordyceps sinensis (ncbitaxon:72228) mycelium (BTO:0001436) PubMed (21848266) Ethanolic extract of dried mycelia
Carthamus oxyacantha (ncbitaxon:122010) aerial part (BTO:0001658) PubMed (22060189) Crude ethanolic extract of aerial parts
Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
Bronsted acid  A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Brønsted base).
Biological Role:
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)
vanillic acid (CHEBI:30816) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
vanillic acid (CHEBI:30816) is a methoxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:25238)
vanillic acid (CHEBI:30816) is a monohydroxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:25389)
vanillic acid (CHEBI:30816) is conjugate acid of vanillate (CHEBI:16632)
Incoming Relation(s)
(+)-(7S,8S)-guaiacylglycerol-β-vanillic acid ether (CHEBI:67649) has functional parent vanillic acid (CHEBI:30816)
1-O-vanilloyl-β-D-glucose (CHEBI:71512) has functional parent vanillic acid (CHEBI:30816)
3-O-vanillyceanothic acid (CHEBI:66348) has functional parent vanillic acid (CHEBI:30816)
litseaefoloside C (CHEBI:66582) has functional parent vanillic acid (CHEBI:30816)
methyl vanillate (CHEBI:46477) has functional parent vanillic acid (CHEBI:30816)
mochimganine (CHEBI:192760) has functional parent vanillic acid (CHEBI:30816)
tschimganine (CHEBI:142517) has functional parent vanillic acid (CHEBI:30816)
vanillate (CHEBI:16632) is conjugate base of vanillic acid (CHEBI:30816)
IUPAC Name 
4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid
Synonyms  Source
4-Hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acidKEGG COMPOUND
Vanillic acidKEGG COMPOUND
Manual XrefsDatabases
C06672KEGG COMPOUND
DB02130DrugBank
C00002682KNApSAcK
VNLPDBeChem
HMDB0000484HMDB
YMDB01802YMDB
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:1472811Gmelin
Beilstein:2208364Beilstein
CAS:121-34-6KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:121-34-6ChemIDplus
CAS:121-34-6NIST Chemistry WebBook
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