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Nicotinic acid

59-67-6C6H5NO2123.111 g/mol

A pyridinemonocarboxylic acid that is pyridine in which the hydrogen at position 3 is replaced by a carboxy group. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number59-67-6ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC6H5NO2ChEBI ↗
Molar mass123.111 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass123.03203 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:15940ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

PubChem
Molar mass123.11 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass123.032028402 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP0.4PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)50.2PubChem ↗
H-bond donors1PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors3PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds1PubChem ↗

PubChem computed values are shown separately from the ChEBI record. An exact InChIKey match was used to connect the records. Molecular descriptors do not describe a supplied product’s purity, particle size or performance.

Names & structural identifiers

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nicotinic acid
nicotinic acid
PVNIIMVLHYAWGP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
O=C(O)c1cccnc1
InChI=1S/C6H5NO2/c8-6(9)5-2-1-3-7-4-5/h1-4H,(H,8,9)

Names & synonyms

acide nicotiniqueacido nicotinicoacidum nicotinicumNiacorNiaspanpyridine-3-carboxylic acid

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Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

antiatherosclerotic agentrenoprotective agentmetaboliteantitubercular agentantidepressantanxiolytic drugantipsychotic agentanalgesichypoglycemic agentcardiovascular drug

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

Calculated from sourced mass
Equivalent amount
0.00812275 mol

Uses 123.111 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
C
Carbon · 6 atoms
58.54%
O
Oxygen · 2 atoms
25.99%
N
Nitrogen · 1 atom
11.38%
H
Hydrogen · 5 atoms
4.09%

Calculated theoretical mass fractions from the reported formula and PubChem periodic-table atomic masses. These are not assay or purity results.

Research & patent references

Selected source associations
[Nicotinic acid and nicotinamide]. ↗Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine · 1999 Oct · PMID 10540864
Biliary lipid composition during treatment with different hypolipidaemic drugs. ↗European journal of clinical investigation · 1979 Jun · PMID 113218

Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:15940

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 938 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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