2582. p-Cresotic Acid

Nomenclature

CAS number: 89-56-5
2-Hydroxy-5-methylbenzoic acid; 2,5-cresotic acid; p-homosalicylic acid; p-cresotinic acid; 6-hydroxy-m-toluic acid.
C8H8O3; mol wt 152.15.
C 63.15%, H 5.30%, O 31.55%.

Description and references

Prepn: Cameron et al., J. Org. Chem. 15, 233 (1950); Baine et al., ibid. 19, 510 (1954); Thomas et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 80, 5864 (1958); Blicke, McCarty, J. Org. Chem. 24, 1061 (1959).

Chemical structure

Properties

White or slightly reddish, almost odorless crystals, mp 151°. Volatile with steam. Sublimes with partial decompn. Soly as of the o-acid.

Caution

Toxicity is similar to salicylic acid.