sodium benzoate

CHEBI:113455 ·resolve ·BIOCIDE ·EXACT SEEDED

An organic sodium salt resulting from the replacement of the proton from the carboxy group of benzoic acid by a sodium ion. — 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:38700 CHEBI:38700

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C7H5O2.Na
Charge	0
Average mass	144.105 Da
Monoisotopic mass	144.01872 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	WXMKPNITSTVMEF-UHFFFAOYSA-M

SMILES

O=C([O-])c1ccccc1.[Na+]

InChI

InChI=1S/C7H6O2.Na/c8-7(9)6-4-2-1-3-5-6;/h1-5H,(H,8,9);/q;+1/p-1

Also called

Sodium benzoate (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Benzoic acid, sodium salt (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
E211 (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:532-32-1
kegg.drug:D02277
reaxys:1100243
wikipedia.en:Sodium_benzoate

Activity roles

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

CHEBI:65256 CHEBI:65256

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:113455`	sodium benzoate	`antibioticmech:chebi-603779e9f6`	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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