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2-Methoxy-benzoic acid

Compound with spectra: 12 NMR, 9 FTIR, 2 Raman, and 13 MS (GC)

2-Methoxy-benzoic acid
SpectraBase Compound ID GCV78FuTwLl
InChI InChI=1S/C8H8O3/c1-11-7-5-3-2-4-6(7)8(9)10/h2-5H,1H3,(H,9,10)
InChIKey ILUJQPXNXACGAN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Mol Weight 152.15 g/mol
Molecular Formula C8H8O3
Exact Mass 152.047344 g/mol

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1H NMR Spectrum
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Source of Sample Tokyo Kasei Kogyo Company, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Solvent CDCl3; Reference=TMS; Temperature 297K

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1H NMR Spectrum
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Catalog Number 451
Solvent CDCl3

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1H NMR Spectrum
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Catalog Number 169978
Solvent CDCl3 & DMSO-d6

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MS (GC) Spectrum
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Source of Spectrum Chemical Concepts, A Wiley Division, Weinheim, Germany

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MS (GC) Spectrum
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Source of Spectrum DigiLab GmbH (C) 2024
Technique GC/MS

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MS (GC) Spectrum
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Technique GC/MS

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MS (GC) Spectrum
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Technique GC/MS

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MS (GC) Spectrum
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Source of Sample SAFC Cat.no. W394300
Source of Spectrum Prof. L. Mondello (Chromaleont s.r.l./Univ. Messina, Italy)

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MS (GC) Spectrum
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Source of Spectrum SRH-2022-10314-0

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MS (GC) Spectrum
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Source of Spectrum AA-0-907-2

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MS (GC) Spectrum
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Source of Spectrum HE-1982-0-0

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MS (GC) Spectrum
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Source of Spectrum EP-1687-0-0

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MS (GC) Spectrum
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Source of Spectrum ACI-62-SM13-4i (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202304720)

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MS (GC) Spectrum
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Source of Spectrum Va-0-0-0

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MS (GC) Spectrum
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Source of Spectrum Va-0-0-0

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MS (GC) Spectrum
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Source of Spectrum JZ-1992-1241-0

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13C NMR Spectrum
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Solvent Chloroform-d; Reference=TMS Spectrometer= Varian CFT-20

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13C NMR Spectrum
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Solvent DMSO-D6

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13C NMR Spectrum
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Solvent CDCl3

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13C NMR Spectrum
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Catalog Number 169978
Solvent CDCl3 & DMSO-d6

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17O NMR Spectrum
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Solvent DMSO

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17O NMR Spectrum
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Solvent CDCl3

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17O NMR Spectrum
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Solvent CD3CN

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17O NMR Spectrum
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Solvent CD3OD

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17O NMR Spectrum
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Solvent DMSO

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Raman Spectrum
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Source of Sample Spectrochem Pvt. Ltd., India
Source of Spectrum Bio-Rad Laboratories
Catalog Number 113150

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Raman Spectrum
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FTIR Spectrum
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Source of Sample EASTMAN ORGANIC CHEMICALS, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
Catalog Number 451
Technique KBr WAFER

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FTIR Spectrum
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Catalog Number 113150
Technique KBr0

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FTIR Spectrum
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Catalog Number W394300
Technique Mull

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FTIR Spectrum
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Source of Sample Aldrich
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Catalog Number 169978
Technique Mull

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ATR-IR Spectrum
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Catalog Number 113150

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ATR-IR Spectrum
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ATR-IR Spectrum
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Catalog Number W394300

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Vapor Phase IR Spectrum
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Vapor Phase IR Spectrum
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Source of Spectrum Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC.
Catalog Number 169978
  • o-Anisic acid
  • o-Methylsalicylic acid
  • BENZOIC ACID, O-METHOXY-,
  • 2-ANISIC_ACID
  • Benzoic acid, 2-methoxy-
  • Anisic acid <ortho->
  • ortho-Methoxybenzoic acid
  • 2-Anisic acid
  • O-methoxy benzoic acid
  • Kyselina 2-methoxybenzoova
  • Salicylic acid methyl ether
  • EINECS 209-447-8
  • NSC 3778
  • BRN 0509929
  • AI3-20226
2-Methoxybenzoic-6-d acid
Benzoic acid, 2-(methoxy-D3)-, radical ion(1+)
2-METHOXYPHENYLSELENOCARBOXYLIC-ACID
o-Anisoyl chloride
N-isopropylbenzylamine, salicylate(1:1)(salt)
1-[2-(1-Piperidiniumyl)ethyl]piperidinium bis(2-hydroxybenzoate)
cis-1-Bromo-1-(o-methoxyphenyl)ethene
cis-1-Chloro-1-(o-methoxyphenyl)ethene
Benzene, 1-methoxy-2-(1-methylethenyl)-
2-Methoxybenzyl vinyl ether
(R)-1-(2-Methoxyphenyl)ethanol
DHHGVIOVURMJEA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Title Journal or Book Year
Conformation and Steric Effects in Mono- and Dimethoxybenzoic Acids The Journal of Organic Chemistry 1999
Study of intramolecular hydrogen bonding ino-anisic acid ando-anisamide by17O NMR andAb initio MO calculations Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 1988
Oxygen-17 NMR Spectroscopy: Effect of Substituents on Chemical Shifts for o−m−p−Substituted Benzoic Acids, Phenylacetic and Methyl Benzoates Spectroscopy Letters 1986

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