CHEBI:88458 - 3-methoxybenzoic acid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:88458
ChEBI Name3-methoxybenzoic acid
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DefinitionA methoxybenzoic acid that is benzoic acid substituted by a methoxy group at position 3.
Last Modified27 September 2021
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FormulaC8H8O3
Net Charge0
Average Mass152.149
Monoisotopic Mass152.04734
SMILESCOc1cccc(C(=O)O)c1
InChIInChI=1S/C8H8O3/c1-11-7-4-2-3-6(5-7)8(9)10/h2-5H,1H3,(H,9,10)
InChIKeyXHQZJYCNDZAGLW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606)
urine (BTO:0001419) PubMed (19812218)
blood plasma (BTO:0000118) PubMed (19812218)
Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
Bronsted acid  A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Brønsted base).
Biological Roles:
human urinary metabolite  Any metabolite (endogenous or exogenous) found in human urine samples.
flavouring agent  A food additive that is used to added improve the taste or odour of a food.
Application:
flavouring agent  A food additive that is used to added improve the taste or odour of a food.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
3-methoxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:88458) has functional parent 3-hydroxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:30764)
3-methoxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:88458) has role flavouring agent (CHEBI:35617)
3-methoxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:88458) has role human urinary metabolite (CHEBI:84087)
3-methoxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:88458) is a methoxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:25238)
3-methoxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:88458) is conjugate acid of 3-methoxybenzoate (CHEBI:180538)
Incoming Relation(s)
3-methoxybenzoate (CHEBI:180538) is conjugate base of 3-methoxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:88458)
IUPAC Name 
3-methoxybenzoic acid
Synonyms  Source
3-anisic acidChemIDplus
3-methoxy-benzoic acidHMDB
benzoic acid, 3-methoxy-HMDB
m-anisic acidChemIDplus
m-methoxybenzoic acidChemIDplus
m-methylsalicylic acidHMDB
Manual XrefsDatabases
10977ChemSpider
FDB010546FooDB
HMDB0032606HMDB
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:508838Reaxys
CAS:586-38-9NIST Chemistry WebBook
CAS:586-38-9ChemIDplus
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