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4-Methoxybenzoic acid

ReagentPlus®, 99%

Synonym(s):

p-Anisic acid, 4-Methoxybenzoic acid, p-Methoxybenzoic acid, Draconic acid

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Linear Formula:
CH3OC6H4CO2H
CAS Number:
100-09-4
Molecular Weight:
152.15
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24847329
eCl@ss:
39023905
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
EC Number:
202-818-5
MDL number:
MFCD00002542
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
508910
Assay:
99%
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ReagentPlus®

assay

99%

mp

182-185 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: soluble 2500 parts, alcohol: freely soluble, boiling water: soluble, chloroform: freely soluble, diethyl ether: freely soluble, ethyl acetate: freely soluble

functional group

carboxylic acid

SMILES string

COc1ccc(cc1)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C8H8O3/c1-11-7-4-2-6(3-5-7)8(9)10/h2-5H,1H3,(H,9,10)

InChI key

ZEYHEAKUIGZSGI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

4-Methoxybenzoic acid is the sole source of carbon and energy for growth in the cultures of Nocardia sp. DSM 1069.

Application

4-Methoxybenzoic acid was used in oxidation and reduction of cytochrome c in solution through different self-assembled monolayers on gold electrodes using cyclic voltammetry.

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

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07401BJ
S45502
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S40846
06305EE

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Control of the electron transfer rate between cytochrome c and gold electrodes by the manipulation of the electrode's hydrogen bonding character.
Liu H, et al.
Langmuir, 19(6), 2378-2387 (2003)
Degradation of coniferyl alcohol and other lignin-related aromatic compounds by Nocardia sp. DSM 1069.
Eggeling L and Sahm H.
Archives of Microbiology, 126(2), 141-148 (1980)
Stephen G Bell et al.
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 41(28), 8703-8714 (2012-06-15)
The crystal structures of the 4-methoxybenzoate bound forms of cytochrome P450 enzymes CYP199A2 and CYP199A4 from the Rhodopseudomonas palustris strains CGA009 and HaA2 have been solved. The structures of these two enzymes, which share 86% sequence identity, are very similar
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