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isovanillic acid

Compound Overview

Name isovanillic acid
IUPAC Name 3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzoic acid
Formula C8H8O4
SMILES COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C(=O)O)O
Carbon Number 8
Molecular Weight 168.15
Polymer Type monomer
Synonyms 3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzoic acid
3-Hydroxyanisic acid
3-Hydroxy-p-anisic acid
5-Carboxyguaiacol

Chemical Structure

Chemical structure of isovanillic acid

Structure from PubChem

External Databases

CAS 645-08-9
PubChem 12575
ChEBI 63798
Empirical Data

Organisms that can utilize this substrate (4) Empirical

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Organism Strain Reference Comment
Comamonas testosteroni BR6020 Providenti et al (2006) -
Exophiala jeanselmei CBS 658.76 Middelhoven (1993) -
Rhodopseudomonas palustris CGA001 Harwood et al (1988), Harwood et al (1988) -
Clostridium methoxybenzovorans SR3 Mechichi et al (2005) (anaerobically)

Pathways Empirical

No pathways are currently linked to this substrate.

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Organisms predicted to process isovanillic acid through a pathway Predicted

For each pathway where isovanillic acid enters as a reactant, organisms recorded as being able to utilise it but not yet confirmed for that pathway are listed as predicted. Not experimentally verified. What does this mean?

No organisms predicted for this compound based on current pathway and substrate data.

Reactions involving isovanillic acid

No reactions are currently linked to this substrate.

Transporters

No transporters are currently linked to this substrate.

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