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nicotinic acid
Sign in to saveAlso known as nicotinate, 3-carboxypyridine, m-pyridinecarboxylic acid, beta-pyridinecarboxylic acid, pyridine-beta-carboxylic acid, 3-Pyridylcarboxylic acid, Nicacid, Pelonin
chemical compound: acid form of vitamin B3
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H5NO2
- Molecular weight
- 123.11 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- pyridine-3-carboxylic acid
- SMILES
- C1=CC(=CN=C1)C(=O)O
- InChIKey
- PVNIIMVLHYAWGP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.4
- Polar surface area
- 50.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
55,060 papers- Nicotinic acid.The Practitioner · 1959
- [Nicotinic acid in glaucoma].Vestnik oftalmologii · 1952
- Nicotinic acid tolerance test.British medical journal · 1947
- NICOTINIC acid; niacin.Bulletin of communicable diseases and medical notes. United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration · 1946
- Nicotinic acid in the treatment of depression.Annals of internal medicine · 1953
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