Product Name
Methyl 4-Hydroxybenzoate
Category
Pressure & Heat Sensitive Recording Materials; Heat & Pressure Sensitive Dyes
Description
Almost odourless, small colourless crystals or white crystalline powder;Solid
IUPAC Name
methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
Canonical SMILES
COC(=O)C1=CC=C(C=C1)O
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H8O3/c1-11-8(10)6-2-4-7(9)5-3-6/h2-5,9H,1H3
InChI Key
LXCFILQKKLGQFO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Boiling Point
270.5 °C (decomposes)
Solubility
0.02 M;2.5 mg/mL at 25 °C;In water, 2.50X10+3 mg/L at 25 °C;Solubility in water (w/w): 0.25% at 20 °C; 0.30% at 25 °C;Solubilities in various solvents[Table#2969];Slightyl soluble in water; very soluble in ethanol, ether, acetone; soluble in trfluoroacetic acid;1 g dissolves in 40 mL warm oil, about 70 mL warm glycerol;Freely soluble in alcohol, methanol, acetone, ether;2.5 mg/mL at 25 °C
Application
Circulating cooling water system swimming pool water sterilization
Storage
Validity for one year.
Color/Form
White needles;Colorless crystals or white crystalline powder;Needles from dil alcohol
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count
1
EC Number
243-171-5;202-785-7
Exact Mass
152.047344g/mol
Log P
1.96 (LogP);1.96;log Kow = 1.96;1.96
MeSH Entry Terms
4-hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester;methyl p-hydroxybenzoate;methyl-4-hydroxybenzoate;methylparaben;methylparaben, sodium salt;Nipagin
Monoisotopic Mass
152.047344g/mol
Odor
Odorless or has faint characteristic odor
Other Experimental
When heated to decomposition, emits acrid smoke and fumes;Henry's Law constant = 2.23X10-9 atm-cu m/mol at 25 °C (est);Hydroxyl radical reaction rate constant = 1.11X10-11 cu cm/molec-sec at 25 °C (est)
Properties
Stronger antibacterial properties
Stability
Stable under recommended storage conditions.;Parabens are stable against hydrolysis during autoclaving & resist saponification /Parabens/;Calcium salts /are/ stable; sodium salts /are/ unstable. /Parabens/
Vapor Pressure
2.37X10-4 mm Hg at 25 °C (est)