5-Methoxysalicylic acid is a chemical compound. It is a component of castoreum, the exudate from the castor sacs of the mature beaver.[1]
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| Preferred IUPAC name
2-Hydroxy-5-methoxybenzoic acid | |
| Other names
5-Methoxysalicylic acid
6-Hydroxy-m-anisic acid 5-Methoxy-2-hydroxybenzoic acid m-Anisic acid MSA | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.018.217 |
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| Properties | |
| C8H8O4 | |
| Molar mass | 168.148 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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A mixture of 5-methoxysalicylic acid and spermine can be used as a matrix for oligonucleotides analysis in MALDI mass spectrometry.[2]
It is an isomer of vanillic acid.
References
edit- ^ Müller-Schwarze, D.; Houlihan, Peter W. (1991). "Pheromonal activity of single castoreum constituents in beaver,Castor canadensis". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 17 (4): 715–734. Bibcode:1991JCEco..17..715M. doi:10.1007/BF00994195. PMID 24258917. S2CID 29937875.
- ^ Distler, AM; Allison, J (2001). "5-Methoxysalicylic acid and spermine: A new matrix for the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry analysis of oligonucleotides". Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 12 (4): 456–62. Bibcode:2001JASMS..12..456D. doi:10.1016/S1044-0305(01)00212-4. PMID 11322192. S2CID 18280663.
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