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Vanillic acid

purum, ≥97.0% (HPLC)

Synonym(s):

4-Hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid

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Linear Formula:
HOC6H3(OCH3)CO2H
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
168.15
Beilstein:
2208364
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

grade

purum

Quality Level

Assay

≥97.0% (HPLC)

form

powder

ign. residue

≤0.3%

mp

208-210 °C (lit.)
208-213 °C

SMILES string

COc1cc(ccc1O)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C8H8O4/c1-12-7-4-5(8(10)11)2-3-6(7)9/h2-4,9H,1H3,(H,10,11)

InChI key

WKOLLVMJNQIZCI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Vanillic acid is used as a precursor in the synthesis of a wide range of bio-based epoxy resins and polyesters. It is also a key starting material in the total synthesis of barmumycin4 and bosutinib.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Aromatic thermotropic polyesters based on 2, 5-furandicarboxylic acid and vanillic acid.
Wilsens C H, et al.
Polymer, 55(10), 2432-2439 (2014)
Isolation, structural assignment, and total synthesis of barmumycin.
Lorente A, et al.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 75(24), 8508-8515 (2010)
Chemo-enzymatic functionalization of gallic and vanillic acids: synthesis of bio-based epoxy resins prepolymers.
Aouf C, et al.
Green Chemistry, 14(8), 2328-2336 (2012)
Novel vanillic acid-based poly (ether?ester) s: from synthesis to properties.
Pang C, et al.
Polym. Chem., 6(5), 797-804 (2015)
Xiao Jia Yin et al.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 15(6), 4261-4266 (2010-07-27)
This paper reports a novel synthesis of bosutinib starting from 3-methoxy-4-hydroxybenzoic acid. The process starts with esterification of the starting material, followed by alkylation, nitration, reduction, cyclization, chlorination and two successive amination reactions. The intermediates and target molecule were characterized

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