MiMeDB: Showing metabocard for 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid (MMDBc0054270)

Record Information

Version

2.0

Status

Detected and Quantified

Creation Date

2022-06-05 23:02:50 UTC

Update Date

2025-10-07 16:08:27 UTC

Metabolite ID

MMDBc0054270

Metabolite Identification

Common Name

4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid

Description

4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid is a phenolic acid. There is limited literature available on this metabolite, indicating that further research may be necessary to fully understand its properties and potential biological significance.

Structure

MOL SDF PDB SMILES InChI

HEADER    PROTEIN                                 20-MAR-20   NONE
TITLE     NULL                                                        
COMPND    NULL                                                        
SOURCE    NULL                                                        
KEYWDS    NULL                                                        
EXPDTA    NULL                                                        
AUTHOR    Marvin                                                      
REVDAT   1   20-MAR-20         0                                  
HETATM    1  C   UNK     0       4.001   3.850   0.000  0.00  0.00           C+0
HETATM    2  O   UNK     0       4.001   2.310   0.000  0.00  0.00           O+0
HETATM    3  C   UNK     0       2.667   1.540   0.000  0.00  0.00           C+0
HETATM    4  C   UNK     0       2.667   0.000   0.000  0.00  0.00           C+0
HETATM    5  C   UNK     0       1.334  -0.770   0.000  0.00  0.00           C+0
HETATM    6  C   UNK     0       0.000   0.000   0.000  0.00  0.00           C+0
HETATM    7  C   UNK     0       0.000   1.540   0.000  0.00  0.00           C+0
HETATM    8  C   UNK     0       1.334   2.310   0.000  0.00  0.00           C+0
HETATM    9  O   UNK     0       1.334   3.850   0.000  0.00  0.00           O+0
HETATM   10  C   UNK     0       1.334  -2.310   0.000  0.00  0.00           C+0
HETATM   11  O   UNK     0       2.667  -3.080   0.000  0.00  0.00           O-1
HETATM   12  O   UNK     0       0.000  -3.080   0.000  0.00  0.00           O+0
CONECT    1    2                                                            
CONECT    2    1    3                                                       
CONECT    3    2    4    8                                                  
CONECT    4    3    5                                                       
CONECT    5    4    6   10                                                  
CONECT    6    5    7                                                       
CONECT    7    6    8                                                       
CONECT    8    7    3    9                                                  
CONECT    9    8                                                            
CONECT   10    5   11   12                                                  
CONECT   11   10                                                            
CONECT   12   10                                                            
MASTER        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   12    0   24    0
END

Synonyms

Value	Source
4-HYDROXY-3-methoxybenzoATE	ChEBI
4-HYDROXY-3-methoxybenzoic acid	Generator
Vanillate	Generator
Vanillic acid	Generator

Molecular Formula

C₈H₇O₄

Average Mass

167.1388

Monoisotopic Mass

167.034433712

IUPAC Name

4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoate

Traditional Name

4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoate

CAS Registry Number

Not Available

SMILES

COC1=CC(=CC=C1O)C([O-])=O

InChI Identifier

InChI=1S/C8H8O4/c1-12-7-4-5(8(10)11)2-3-6(7)9/h2-4,9H,1H3,(H,10,11)/p-1

InChI Key

WKOLLVMJNQIZCI-UHFFFAOYSA-M

Chemical Taxonomy

Description

Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as m-methoxybenzoic acids and derivatives. These are benzoic acids in which the hydrogen atom at position 3 of the benzene ring is replaced by a methoxy group.

Kingdom

Organic compounds

Super Class

Benzenoids

Class

Benzene and substituted derivatives

Sub Class

Benzoic acids and derivatives

Direct Parent

M-methoxybenzoic acids and derivatives

Alternative Parents

Substituents

M-methoxybenzoic acid or derivatives
Hydroxybenzoic acid
Methoxyphenol
Benzoic acid
Phenoxy compound
Anisole
Methoxybenzene
Benzoyl
Phenol ether
1-hydroxy-2-unsubstituted benzenoid
Alkyl aryl ether
Phenol
Carboxylic acid derivative
Carboxylic acid
Ether
Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives
Organic oxygen compound
Organic oxide
Organooxygen compound
Hydrocarbon derivative
Organic anion
Aromatic homomonocyclic compound

Molecular Framework

Aromatic homomonocyclic compounds

External Descriptors

monohydroxybenzoate (CHEBI:16632 )
methoxybenzoate (CHEBI:16632 )
an aromatic carboxylate (VANILLATE )

Functional Ontology

Not Available

Physical Properties

State

Expected Solid

Predicted Properties

Property	Value	Source
Water Solubility	18.6 g/L	ALOGPS
logP	1.04	ALOGPS
logP	1.17	ChemAxon
logS	-1	ALOGPS
pKa (Strongest Acidic)	4.16	ChemAxon
pKa (Strongest Basic)	-4.9	ChemAxon
Physiological Charge	-1	ChemAxon
Hydrogen Acceptor Count	4	ChemAxon
Hydrogen Donor Count	1	ChemAxon
Polar Surface Area	69.59 Å²	ChemAxon
Rotatable Bond Count	2	ChemAxon
Refractivity	52.6 m³·mol⁻¹	ChemAxon
Polarizability	15.34 Å³	ChemAxon
Number of Rings	1	ChemAxon
Bioavailability	Yes	ChemAxon
Rule of Five	Yes	ChemAxon
Ghose Filter	No	ChemAxon
Veber's Rule	No	ChemAxon
MDDR-like Rule	No	ChemAxon

Spectra

Spectrum Type	Description	Splash Key	Deposition Date	View
Predicted LC-MS/MS	Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Positive	splash10-014i-0900000000-35ba9477c2a80f8e5c53	2017-07-25	View Spectrum
Predicted LC-MS/MS	Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Positive	splash10-0aor-0900000000-eb2178b1865054dab1ce	2017-07-25	View Spectrum
Predicted LC-MS/MS	Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Positive	splash10-052u-7900000000-dbf28dfc72f92a18a175	2017-07-25	View Spectrum
Predicted LC-MS/MS	Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Negative	splash10-014i-0900000000-626d449dddc4d2d47ec5	2017-07-26	View Spectrum
Predicted LC-MS/MS	Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Negative	splash10-014i-0900000000-6a319e19fb40b9ad2b59	2017-07-26	View Spectrum
Predicted LC-MS/MS	Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Negative	splash10-0a4l-9600000000-3f1b035788ad593819b9	2017-07-26	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 100 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 100 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 1000 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 1000 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 200 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 200 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 300 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 300 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 400 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 400 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 500 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 500 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 600 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 600 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 700 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 700 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 800 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 800 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 900 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 900 MHz, H₂O, predicted)		2022-08-22	View Spectrum

Chromatographic Retention Times and Retention Indices

Retention Times

Chromatography Type	Technique	Column	Deposition Date	Retention Time (s)
Liquid Chromatography	HILIC	Waters Acquity UPLC-BEH Amide column (eluted)	2025-10-24	282.5
Liquid Chromatography	HILIC	Accucore 150 Amide HILIC (void)	2025-10-24	37.0
Liquid Chromatography	Reversed-phase	Hypersil Gold 1.9 µm C18 (eluted)	2025-10-24	344.4
Liquid Chromatography	Reversed-phase	Agilent Zorbax Eclipse Plus C18 (2.1 mm x 150 mm, 3.5 um) (eluted)	2025-10-24	446.2
Liquid Chromatography	Reversed-phase	XBridge C18 3.5u 2.1x50 mm (eluted)	2025-10-24	435.2
Liquid Chromatography	Reversed-phase	Ascentis Express C18 (void)	2025-10-24	349.1
Liquid Chromatography	Reversed-phase	Waters ACQUITY UPLC HSS T3 C18 (eluted)	2025-10-24	1671.0
Liquid Chromatography	HILIC	Merck SeQuant ZIC-HILIC (void)	2025-10-24	122.3
Liquid Chromatography	HILIC	Merck SeQuant ZIC-pHILIC (eluted)	2025-10-24	514.1
Liquid Chromatography	Reversed-phase	Waters ACQUITY UPLC HSS T3 C18 (eluted)	2025-10-24	322.2
Liquid Chromatography	HILIC	Merck SeQuant ZIC-HILIC (eluted)	2025-10-24	287.2
Liquid Chromatography	Reversed-phase	Waters ACQUITY UPLC HSS T3 C18 (eluted)	2025-10-24	215.9
Liquid Chromatography	Reversed-phase	Waters ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 (eluted)	2025-10-24	121.0
Liquid Chromatography	HILIC	Merck SeQuant ZIC-pHILIC column (eluted)	2025-10-24	143.9
Liquid Chromatography	HILIC	Merck SeQuant ZIC-pHILIC column (eluted)	2025-10-24	479.4
Liquid Chromatography	Reversed-phase	Waters ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 (eluted)	2025-10-24	137.3
Liquid Chromatography	Reversed-phase	Waters ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 (eluted)	2025-10-24	383.9
Liquid Chromatography	Reversed-phase	Kinetex Core-Shell C18 2.6 um, 3.0 x 100 mm, Phenomenex (eluted)	2025-10-24	1046.9
Liquid Chromatography	Reversed-phase	Waters Atlantis T3 (2.1 x 150 mm, 5 um) (eluted)	2025-10-24	882.5

Retention Indices

Chromatography Type	Peak Label	SMILES	Stationary Phase	Deposition Date	Retention Index
Gas Chromatography	4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid_TMS_1	COC1=CC(C(=O)[O-])=CC=C1O[Si](C)(C)C	standard non polar	2025-10-24	2074.42
Gas Chromatography	4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid_TMS_1	COC1=CC(C(=O)[O-])=CC=C1O[Si](C)(C)C	standard polar	2025-10-24	2093.5

Biological Properties

Cellular Locations

Not Available

Biospecimen Locations

Not Available

Tissue Locations

Not Available

Associated OMIM IDs

114500 (Colorectal cancer)
610247 (Eosinophilic esophagitis)

Human Proteins and Enzymes

Protein ID	Protein Name	Protein Type	Uniprot ID	Species

Human Pathways

Pathways

Name	SMPDB/PathBank

Microbial Pathways

Pathways

Not Available

Metabolic Reactions

Reactions

This table shows at most 20 reactions. For the full list of associated reactions:

See All Associated Reactions

Reaction ID	Precursor	Product	Enzyme	Reaction Type	Data Source	Reference

Health Effects and Bioactivity

Health Outcome/Bioactivity	Metabolite Response/Effect	Evidence Type	Host and Biospecimen	Data Source	Reference

Microbial Sources

Superkingdom/Kingdom	Phylum	Total species	Hosts and Body Sites
Bacteria	Proteobacteria	3	Human ; Human subgingival plaque
Bacteria/Eubacteria	Firmicutes	1	Human feces
Bacteria/Eubacteria	Proteobacteria	2	Human ; Human subgingival plaque
Bacteria	Actinobacteria	1

Exposure Sources

Other Exposures

Source Type	Data Source	Reference

Host Biospecimen and Location

Host and Biospecimen	Status	Mean	Std	Min	Max	Units	Age	Sex	Health Condition	Data Source	Reference

External Links

HMDB ID

Not Available

DrugBank ID

DB02130

Phenol Explorer Compound ID

Not Available

FooDB ID

Not Available

KNApSAcK ID

Not Available

Chemspider ID

Not Available

KEGG Compound ID

Not Available

BioCyc ID

Not Available

BiGG ID

Not Available

Wikipedia Link

Vanillic acid

METLIN ID

Not Available

PubChem Compound

23199

PDB ID

Not Available

ChEBI ID

16632

Food Biomarker Ontology

Not Available

CMMC Knowledgebase

Not Available

General References

Bansal P, Morgat A, Axelsen KB, Muthukrishnan V, Coudert E, Aimo L, Hyka-Nouspikel N, Gasteiger E, Kerhornou A, Neto TB, Pozzato M, Blatter MC, Ignatchenko A, Redaschi N, Bridge A: Rhea, the reaction knowledgebase in 2022. Nucleic Acids Res. 2022 Jan 7;50(D1):D693-D700. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkab1016. [PubMed:34755880 ]

Showing metabocard for 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid (MMDBc0054270)

MOL for #<Metabolite:0x00007f9af0813728>

3D MOL for #<Metabolite:0x00007f9af0813728>

3D SDF for #<Metabolite:0x00007f9af0813728>

3D-SDF for #<Metabolite:0x00007f9af0813728>

PDB for #<Metabolite:0x00007f9af0813728>

3D PDB for #<Metabolite:0x00007f9af0813728>

SMILES for #<Metabolite:0x00007f9af0813728>

INCHI for #<Metabolite:0x00007f9af0813728>

Structure for #<Metabolite:0x00007f9af0813728>

3D Structure for #<Metabolite:0x00007f9af0813728>