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Chemical substance record

2-furoic acid

88-14-2C₅H₄O₃112.084 g/mol

Organic/Inorganic Small MoleculeChEBI source record

A furoic acid having the carboxylic acid group located at position 2. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values

CAS number	88-14-2	ChEBI ↗
Molecular formula	C₅H₄O₃	ChEBI ↗
Molar mass	112.084 g/mol	ChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass	112.01604 Da	ChEBI ↗
Formal charge	0	ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifier	CHEBI:30845	ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass	112.08 g/mol	PubChem ↗
Exact mass	112.016043985 Da	PubChem ↗
Computed XLogP	0.5	PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Å²)	50.4	PubChem ↗
H-bond donors	1	PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors	3	PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds	1	PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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Source preferred name

2-furoic acid

IUPAC name

furan-2-carboxylic acid

InChIKey

SMNDYUVBFMFKNZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

O=C(O)c1ccco1

InChI

InChI=1S/C5H4O3/c6-5(7)4-2-1-3-8-4/h1-3H,(H,6,7)

Names & synonyms

furan-2-carboxylic acid

Names are supplied by ChEBI. Trade names and related synonyms may describe a broader product context.

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

furoic acidChEBI parent class · 36055 ↗

carboxylic acid organic heterocyclic compound organic molecular entity

Roles recorded in ChEBI

inhibitorSaccharomyces cerevisiae metaboliteplant metabolitehuman xenobiotic metabolitebacterial xenobiotic metabolite

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Amount

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Equivalent amount

0.00892188 mol

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Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions

C

Carbon · 5 atoms

53.58%

O

Oxygen · 3 atoms

42.82%

H

Hydrogen · 4 atoms

3.60%

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

An improved HPLC analysis of the metabolite furoic acid in the urine of workers occupationally exposed to furfural. ↗Journal of analytical toxicology · 2003 Jan-Feb · PMID 12587683

Browning of model orange juice solution: factors affecting the formation of decomposition products. ↗Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry · 2005 Nov · PMID 16306695

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026

Identity, formula, mass, synonyms & ontologyEMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:30845

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

Additional molecular descriptorsNCBI PubChem · CID 6919 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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