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gallic acid
Sign in to saveAlso known as pyrogallol-5-carboxylic acid, 3,4,5-Trihydroxy-Benzoate, 3,4,5-Trihydroxy-Benzoic acid
3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid
Chemical data
- Formula
- C7H6O5
- Molecular weight
- 170.12 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid
- SMILES
- C1=C(C=C(C(=C1O)O)O)C(=O)O
- InChIKey
- LNTHITQWFMADLM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.7
- Polar surface area
- 98 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 4
- H-bond acceptors
- 5
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
19,244 papers- Gallic acid: design of a pyrogallol-containing hydrogel and its biomedical applications.Biomaterials science · 2024
- Gallic Acid: A Dietary Polyphenol that Exhibits Anti-neoplastic Activities by Modulating Multiple Oncogenic Targets.Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry · 2022
- Gallic Acid: Review of the Methods of Determination and Quantification.Critical reviews in analytical chemistry · 2016
- Gallic acid: molecular rival of cancer.Environmental toxicology and pharmacology · 2013
- Probing Gallic Acid for Its Broad Spectrum Applications.Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry · 2018
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Encyclopedic overview
Names
Preferred IUPAC name 3,4,5-Trihydroxybenzoic acid
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