CHEBI:40813 - 4-methoxybenzoic acid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:40813
ChEBI Name4-methoxybenzoic acid
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DefinitionA methoxybenzoic acid substituted with a methoxy group at position C-4.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:1889, CHEBI:40807
Last Modified23 October 2015
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FormulaC8H8O3
Net Charge0
Average Mass152.149
Monoisotopic Mass152.04734
SMILESCOc1ccc(C(=O)O)cc1
InChIInChI=1S/C8H8O3/c1-11-7-4-2-6(3-5-7)8(9)10/h2-5H,1H3,(H,9,10)
InChIKeyZEYHEAKUIGZSGI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Rhododendron ferrugineum (ncbitaxon:49622) leaf (BTO:0000713) PubMed (21443171) MeOH extract of CHCl3 soluble fraction of air-dried,powdered leaves,p-anisic & benzoic acid mixture
Ficus mucuso (ncbitaxon:309328) fruit (BTO:0000486) PubMed (21619045) Methanolic extract of air-dried and powdered figs(fruits)
Cordyceps sinensis (ncbitaxon:72228) mycelium (BTO:0001436) PubMed (21848266) Ethanolic extract of dried mycelia
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)
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 Relation(s)
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
Synonyms  Source
4-Methoxybenzoic acidKEGG COMPOUND
4-Anisic acidKEGG COMPOUND
p-methoxybenzoic acidNIST Chemistry WebBook
p-anisic acidNIST Chemistry WebBook
draconic acidNIST Chemistry WebBook
4-METHOXYBENZOIC ACIDPDBeChem
Manual XrefsDatabases
C02519KEGG COMPOUND
ANNPDBeChem
DB02795DrugBank
HMDB0001101HMDB
P-Anisic_acidWikipedia
CPD-1076MetaCyc
C00029536KNApSAcK
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:3499Gmelin
Beilstein:508910Beilstein
Reaxys:508910Reaxys
CAS:100-09-4KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:100-09-4ChemIDplus
CAS:100-09-4NIST Chemistry WebBook
CAS:1335-08-6ChemIDplus
CAS:100-09-4ChemIDplus
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