
5-Chlorosalicylic Acid
5-chlorosalicylic acid is a monohydroxybenzoic acid that is 2-hydroxybenzoic acid (salicylic acid) in which the hydrogen at position 5 is replaced by chlorine. It is a chlorobenzoic acid, a monohydroxybenzoic acid and a member of monochlorobenzenes. It is functionally related to a benzoic acid. It is a conjugate acid of a 5-chlorosalicylate. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 5-chloro-2-hydroxybenzoic acid
- Molecular formula
- C7H5ClO3
- Molecular weight
- 172.56 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 171.9927217 Da
- XLogP3
- 3.1
- Topological polar surface area
- 57.5 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 2
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 3
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:420128
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1375
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID7059806
- PubMed:22870509
- PubMed:22476141
- PubMed:22365879
- PubMed:21689976
- PubMed:21588208
- PubMed:21438674
- PubMed:21202730
- PubMed:20861686
- PubMed:20200713
- PubMed:20062845
- PubMed:19895788
- PubMed:18819808
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