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isophthalic acid +   
phthalic acid +   
terephthalic acid +   
A benzenedicarboxylic acid carrying carboxy groups at positions 1 and 4. One of three possible isomers of benzenedicarboxylic acid, the others being phthalic and isophthalic acids.

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid
Related Synonyms: 1,4-Benzenedicarboxylic acid ;   Formula=C8H6O4 ;   InChI=1S/C8H6O4/c9-7(10)5-1-2-6(4-3-5)8(11)12/h1-4H,(H,9,10)(H,11,12) ;   InChIKey=KKEYFWRCBNTPAC-UHFFFAOYSA-N ;   SMILES=OC(=O)c1ccc(cc1)C(O)=O ;   TPA ;   p-benzenedicarboxylic acid ;   para-benzenedicarboxylic acid
Alternate IDs: CHEBI:26870 ;   CHEBI:9452
Xrefs: Beilstein:1909333 ;   CAS:100-21-0 ;   Gmelin:50561 ;   HMDB:HMDB0002428 ;   KEGG:C06337
Xref Mesh: MESH:C011363
Xrefs: MetaCyc:TEREPHTHALATE ;   PMID:24101250 ;   PMID:24473302 ;   PMID:24527803 ;   Reaxys:1909333 ;   Wikipedia:Terephthalic_acid
Cyclic Relationships: is_conjugate_acid_of CHEBI:30801

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