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Sigma-Aldrich

p-Toluic acid

purum, ≥98.0% (GC)

Synonym(s):

4-Methylbenzoic acid

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Linear Formula:
CH3C6H4CO2H
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
136.15
Beilstein:
507600
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:

grade

purum

Assay

≥98.0% (GC)

bp

274-275 °C (lit.)

mp

177-180 °C (lit.)
177-182 °C

SMILES string

Cc1ccc(cc1)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C8H8O2/c1-6-2-4-7(5-3-6)8(9)10/h2-5H,1H3,(H,9,10)

InChI key

LPNBBFKOUUSUDB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

357.8 °F

Flash Point(C)

181 °C

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dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Sven Lahme et al.
Applied and environmental microbiology, 78(5), 1606-1610 (2011-12-20)
A novel alphaproteobacterium isolated from freshwater sediments, strain pMbN1, degrades 4-methylbenzoate to CO(2) under nitrate-reducing conditions. While strain pMbN1 utilizes several benzoate derivatives and other polar aromatic compounds, it cannot degrade p-xylene or other hydrocarbons. Based on 16S rRNA gene
C E Kuo et al.
Chemosphere, 45(6-7), 835-842 (2001-11-07)
The composition of the headspace gas affected the growth dynamics of microbial populations and the biotransformation pattern of p-toluic acid in anoxic estuarine sediments. Under CO2 atmosphere, p-toluic acid was transformed by the sediment microorganisms without a lag period, while
Sven Lahme et al.
Environmental microbiology, 14(5), 1118-1132 (2012-01-24)
The pathway for anaerobic degradation of 4-methylbenzoate was studied in the denitrifying alphaproteobacterium Magnetospirillum sp. strain pMbN1. Adaptation studies with whole cells indicated substrate-dependent induction of the capacity to degrade 4-methylbenzoate. Differential protein profiling (2D-DIGE) of 4-methylbenzoate- in comparison with
F Junker et al.
Microbiology (Reading, England), 142 ( Pt 9), 2419-2427 (1996-09-01)
Three multicomponent oxygenases involved in the degradation of p-toluenesulfonate and p-toluenecarboxylate and the regulation of their synthesis have been examined in three strains (T-2, PSB-4 and TER-1) of Comamonas testosteroni. Strain T-2 utilizes p-toluenesulfonate as a source of carbon and
A C Franck-Mokross et al.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 50(2), 233-240 (1998-12-05)
Pseudomonas sp. D7-4 and Pseudomonas sp. B13 FR1(pFRC20P) degraded mixtures of chloro- and methyl-substituted benzoates exclusively via an extended ortho pathway, whereas in Pseudomonas putida WR 201 both ortho and meta fission were induced by mixtures of 3-chloro- and 3-methylbenzoate

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