methyl 3-hydroxybenzoate

CHEBI:165218 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A benzoate ester resulting from the formal condensation of the carboxy group of 3-hydroxybenzoic acid with methanol. — ChEBI

Machine-generated and unreviewed. Identity, structure and cross-references come straight from ChEBI's and CARD's own data; no curator has signed off on this record yet.

Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

CHEBI:25248 CHEBI:25248
CHEBI:33853 CHEBI:33853
CHEBI:36054 CHEBI:36054

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C8H8O3
Charge	0
Average mass	152.149 Da
Monoisotopic mass	152.04734 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	YKUCHDXIBAQWSF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

COC(=O)c1cccc(O)c1

InChI

InChI=1S/C8H8O3/c1-11-8(10)6-3-2-4-7(9)5-6/h2-5,9H,1H3

Also called

3-(methoxycarbonyl)phenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3-carbomethoxyphenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3-hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
m-carbomethoxyphenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
m-hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
methyl m-hydroxybenzoate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:19438-10-9
chemspider:79453
reaxys:2208129

Activity roles

Every antimicrobial role a source asserts for this compound — the unreduced evidence behind its antimicrobial_class.

CHEBI:33282 CHEBI:33282

Source concepts

Every upstream concept that resolved to this record. The merge is the product: this is what shows ChEBI and CARD are describing the same structure.

Upstream concepts merged into this record
Source	Native ID	Label	Minted CURIE	Version
CHEBI	`CHEBI:165218`	methyl 3-hydroxybenzoate	`antibioticmech:chebi-fb6af706b3`	2026-08-30

Curation history

SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (CHEBI)
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

Provenance

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