Chinese name: p-methoxybenzoic acid
English name: Anisic acid
CAS: 100-09-4
EINECS number: 202-818-5
Molecular formula: C8H8O3
MDL number: MFCD00002542
Molecular weight: 152.15
category
Food additives: edible flavor (flavoring agent) : natural equivalent flavor and artificial fragrance
Appearance: Colorless acicular crystal soluble in ethanol, ether, chloroform, slightly soluble in hot water, insoluble in cold water.
Solubility: Soluble in ethanol, ether, chloroform, slightly soluble in hot water, difficult to dissolve in cold water.
Melting point: 182-185 °C(lit.)
Boiling point: 275 °C
Density: 1.385
Vapor pressure: 0.001Pa at 25℃
FEMA: 3945
Refractive index: 1.571-1.576
Flash point: 185 °C
Storage: Store below +30°C.
Solubility: Soluble in water 2500 parts
Acidity factor (pKa) : 4.50(at 25℃)
Form: Powder
Color: White to light grayish-beige
PH value: 3-4 (0.3g/l, H2O, 20℃)
Odor: at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. faint putrid sweet cadaverous
Scent type: animal
Soluble in water at 20°C 0.3g/L. Soluble in alcohol, ethyl acetate and ether.
JECFA Number: 883
Merck: 14,666
BRN: 508910
Stability: Stable. Incompatible with strong oxidants.
InChIKey: ZEYHEAKUIGZSGI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
LogP: 1.96
use
It can also be used as a pharmaceutical intermediate such as solacetam and ethanesulfonone