Compounds
Benzoic acid
The defining acid of Siam benzoin (roughly 10–20 %). First isolated from benzoin by sublimation in the sixteenth century; the whole benzene family of chemistry takes its name from it. A permitted food preservative in its salt form, sodium benzoate.
| Role | acid |
|---|---|
| Formula | C7H6O2 |
| Molecular weight | 122.12 g/mol |
| IUPAC name | benzoic acid |
| XLogP | 1.9 |
| PubChem CID | 243 |
| Safety | Mild irritant; occasional sensitizer. |
Scent facets
- Faint, sweet-balsamic, slightly sharp and clean; sublimes when heated and gives benzoin smoke its lightly acrid top.
Found in
Also called
- benzoic acid
- 65-85-0
- Dracylic acid
- benzenecarboxylic acid
- Benzeneformic acid
- Carboxybenzene