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homogentisic acid

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A dihydroxyphenylacetic acid having the two hydroxy substituents at the 2- and 5-positions.

Term info

Label

homogentisic acid

Synonyms
  • (2,5-dihydroxyphenyl)acetic acid
  • Homogentisic acid
database cross reference
Subsets

3_STAR

IUPAC NAME
(2,5-dihydroxyphenyl)acetic acid [ IUPAC ]

charge

0

formula

C8H8O4

has alternative id

CHEBI:44744, CHEBI:5755

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

has related synonym

2-(3,6-DIHYDROXYPHENYL)ACETIC ACID, 2,5-Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid

id

CHEBI:44747

inchi

InChI=1S/C8H8O4/c9-6-1-2-7(10)5(3-6)4-8(11)12/h1-3,9-10H,4H2,(H,11,12)

inchikey

IGMNYECMUMZDDF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

mass

168.14672

monoisotopicmass

168.04226

smiles

OC(=O)Cc1cc(O)ccc1O