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Benzoic (acid)

Benzoic acid
Skeletal formula
Ball-and-stick model
Benzoic acid crystals
Benzoic acid crystals
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Benzoic acid
Systematic IUPAC name
Benzenecarboxylic acid
Other names
Carboxybenzene; E210; Dracylic acid; Phenylmethanoic acid
Identifiers
3D model (Jmol)
3DMet B00053
636131
ChEBI
ChemSpider
DrugBank
ECHA InfoCard 100.000.562
EC Number 200-618-2
E number E210 (preservatives)
2946
KEGG
MeSH benzoic+acid
PubChem CID
RTECS number DG0875000
UNII
Properties
C7H6O2
Molar mass 122.12 g·mol−1
Appearance Colorless crystalline solid
Odor faint, pleasant odor
Density 1.2659 g/cm3 (15 °C)
1.0749 g/cm3 (130 °C)
Melting point 122.41 °C (252.34 °F; 395.56 K)
Boiling point 249.2 °C (480.6 °F; 522.3 K)
370 °C (698 °F; 643 K)
decomposes
1.7 g/L (0 °C)
2.7 g/L (18 °C)
3.44 g/L (25 °C)
5.51 g/L (40 °C)
21.45 g/L (75 °C)
56.31 g/L (100 °C)
Solubility soluble in acetone, benzene, CCl4, CHCl3, alcohol, ethyl ether, hexane, phenyls, liquid ammonia, acetates
Solubility in methanol 30 g/100 g (-18 °C)
32.1 g/100 g (-13 °C)
71.5 g/100 g (23 °C)
Solubility in ethanol 25.4 g/100 g (-18 °C)
47.1 g/100 g (15 °C)
52.4 g/100 g (19.2 °C)
55.9 g/100 g (23 °C)
Solubility in acetone 54.2 g/100 g (20 °C)
Solubility in olive oil 4.22 g/100 g (25 °C)
Solubility in 1,4-Dioxane 55.3 g/100 g (25 °C)
log P 1.87
Vapor pressure 0.16 Pa (25 °C)
0.19 kPa (100 °C)
22.6 kPa (200 °C)
Acidity (pKa) 4.202
-70.28·10−6 cm3/mol
1.5397 (20 °C)
1.504 (132 °C)
Viscosity 1.26 mPa (130 °C)
Structure
Monoclinic
planar
1.72 D in Dioxane
Thermochemistry
146.7 J/mol·K
167.6 J/mol·K
-385.2 kJ/mol
-3228 kJ/mol
Hazards
Main hazards Irritant
Safety data sheet JT Baker
GHS pictograms The corrosion pictogram in the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)The exclamation-mark pictogram in the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)
GHS signal word Danger
H318, H335
P261, P280, P305+351+338
Irritant Xi
R-phrases R37, R41
S-phrases S26, S39
NFPA 704
Flammability code 1: Must be pre-heated before ignition can occur. Flash point over 93 °C (200 °F). E.g., canola oil Health code 2: Intense or continued but not chronic exposure could cause temporary incapacitation or possible residual injury. E.g., chloroform Reactivity code 0: Normally stable, even under fire exposure conditions, and is not reactive with water. E.g., liquid nitrogen Special hazards (white): no codeNFPA 704 four-colored diamond
Flash point 121.5 °C (250.7 °F; 394.6 K)
571 °C (1,060 °F; 844 K)
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
LD50 (median dose)
1700 mg/kg (rat, oral)
Related compounds
Hydroxybenzoic acids
Aminobenzoic acids,
Nitrobenzoic acids,
Phenylacetic acid
Related compounds
Benzaldehyde,
Benzyl alcohol,
Benzoyl chloride,
Benzylamine,
Benzamide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Benzoic acid /bɛnˈz.ɪk/, C7H6O2 (or C6H5COOH), is a colorless crystalline solid and a simple aromatic carboxylic acid. The name is derived from gum benzoin, which was for a long time its only known source. Benzoic acid occurs naturally in many plants and it serves as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of many secondary metabolites. Salts of benzoic acid are used as food preservatives and benzoic acid is an important precursor for the industrial synthesis of many other organic substances. The salts and esters of benzoic acid are known as benzoates /ˈbɛnz.t/.

Benzoic acid was discovered in the sixteenth century. The dry distillation of gum benzoin was first described by Nostradamus (1556), and then by Alexius Pedemontanus (1560) and Blaise de Vigenère (1596).

Pioneer work in 1830 through a variety of experiences based on amygdalin, obtained from bitter almonds (the fruit of Prunus dulcis) oil by Pierre Robiquet and Antoine Boutron-Charlard, two French chemists, had produced benzaldehyde but they failed in working out a proper interpretation of the structure of amygdalin that would account for it, and thus missed the identification of the benzoyl radical C7H5O. This last step was achieved some few months later (1832) by Justus von Liebig and Friedrich Wöhler, who determined the composition of benzoic acid. These latter also investigated how hippuric acid is related to benzoic acid.


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