3-hydroxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:30764)

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ChEBI Name	3-hydroxybenzoic acid

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:30764

Definition	A monohydroxybenzoic acid that is benzoic acid substituted by a hydroxy group at position 3. It has been isolated from Taxus baccata. It is used as an intermediate in the synthesis of plasticisers, resins, pharmaceuticals, etc.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:1538, CHEBI:39892, CHEBI:20064

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Formula

C7H6O3

Net Charge

Average Mass

138.12074

Monoisotopic Mass

138.03169

InChI

InChI=1S/C7H6O3/c8-6-3-1-2-5(4-6)7(9)10/h1-4,8H,(H,9,10)

InChIKey

IJFXRHURBJZNAO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

OC(=O)c1cccc(O)c1

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	Bronsted acid A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base). (via oxoacid )

Biological Role(s):	plant metabolite Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms. bacterial metabolite Any prokaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in bacteria.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	3-hydroxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:30764) has functional parent benzoic acid (CHEBI:30746) 3-hydroxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:30764) has role bacterial metabolite (CHEBI:76969) 3-hydroxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:30764) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924) 3-hydroxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:30764) is a monohydroxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:25389) 3-hydroxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:30764) is conjugate acid of 3-hydroxybenzoate (CHEBI:16193)

Incoming	3-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA (CHEBI:15484) has functional parent 3-hydroxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:30764) 3-methoxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:88458) has functional parent 3-hydroxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:30764) methyl 3-hydroxybenzoate (CHEBI:165218) has functional parent 3-hydroxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:30764) WZB-117 (CHEBI:229781) has functional parent 3-hydroxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:30764) 3-hydroxybenzoate (CHEBI:16193) is conjugate base of 3-hydroxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:30764)

IUPAC Name

3-hydroxybenzoic acid

Last Modified

15 March 2024