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Vanillin

121-33-5C8H8O3152.149 g/mol

A member of the class of benzaldehydes carrying methoxy and hydroxy substituents at positions 3 and 4 respectively. — ChEBI

Safety references

Safety documents & references

1 indexed references
JP · NITE

Government GHS classification

24A6019 · FY2012

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number121-33-5ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC8H8O3ChEBI ↗
Molar mass152.149 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass152.04734 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:18346ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

PubChem
Molar mass152.15 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass152.047344113 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP1.2PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)46.5PubChem ↗
H-bond donors1PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors3PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds2PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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vanillin
4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde
MWOOGOJBHIARFG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
[H]C(=O)c1ccc(O)c(OC)c1
InChI=1S/C8H8O3/c1-11-8-4-6(5-9)2-3-7(8)10/h2-5,10H,1H3

Names & synonyms

4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde

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Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

antioxidantflavouring agentanticonvulsantanti-inflammatory agentplant metabolite

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Safety classification · Japan

NITE / Japanese government
Japan · FY2012 source classification
Vanillin · 24A6019
EndpointReported classification
Serious eye damage/eye irritationCategory 2B
Hazardous to the aquatic environment (Acute)Category 3

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.0065725 mol

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Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
C
Carbon · 8 atoms
63.15%
O
Oxygen · 3 atoms
31.55%
H
Hydrogen · 8 atoms
5.30%

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:18346

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 1183 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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