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<compound>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2010-04-08 22:09:38 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2025-11-18 23:27:18 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB011419</accession>
  <name>Ammonium benzoate</name>
  <description>Preservative</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>Ammonium benzoate</synonym>
    <synonym>Benzoic acid, ammonium salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Vulnoc AB</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C7H9NO2</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>139.1519</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>139.063328537</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>ammonium benzoate</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>ammonium benzoate</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>1863-63-4</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>[NH4+].[O-]C(=O)C1=CC=CC=C1</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/C7H6O2.H3N/c8-7(9)6-4-2-1-3-5-6;/h1-5H,(H,8,9);1H3</inchi>
  <inchikey>VWSRWGFGAAKTQG-UHFFFAOYSA-N</inchikey>
  <taxonomy>
    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as benzoic acids. These are organic Compounds containing a benzene ring which bears at least one carboxyl group.</description>
    <direct_parent>Benzoic acids</direct_parent>
    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Benzenoids</super_class>
    <class>Benzene and substituted derivatives</class>
    <sub_class>Benzoic acids and derivatives</sub_class>
    <molecular_framework>Aromatic homomonocyclic compounds</molecular_framework>
    <alternative_parents>
      <alternative_parent>Benzoyl derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Carboxylic acid salts</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Carboxylic acids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Monocarboxylic acids and derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic nitrogen compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic oxides</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic salts</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organooxygen compounds</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>Aromatic homomonocyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Benzoic acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Benzoyl</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid salt</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic nitrogen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxide</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic salt</substituent>
      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
    </substituents>
    <external_descriptors>
    </external_descriptors>
  </taxonomy>
  <state/>
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    <property>
      <kind>logp</kind>
      <value>1.12</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>logs</kind>
      <value>-1.05</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>solubility</kind>
      <value>1.24e+01 g/l</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
  </predicted_properties>
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    <property>
      <kind>melting_point</kind>
      <value>Mp 198°</value>
    </property>
  </experimental_properties>
  <property>
    <kind>logp</kind>
    <value>1.63</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>pka_strongest_acidic</kind>
    <value>4.08</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>iupac</kind>
    <value>ammonium benzoate</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>average_mass</kind>
    <value>139.1519</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>mono_mass</kind>
    <value>139.063328537</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>smiles</kind>
    <value>[NH4+].[O-]C(=O)C1=CC=CC=C1</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formula</kind>
    <value>C7H9NO2</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>inchi</kind>
    <value>InChI=1S/C7H6O2.H3N/c8-7(9)6-4-2-1-3-5-6;/h1-5H,(H,8,9);1H3</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>inchikey</kind>
    <value>VWSRWGFGAAKTQG-UHFFFAOYSA-N</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>polar_surface_area</kind>
    <value>40.13</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>refractivity</kind>
    <value>44.15</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>polarizability</kind>
    <value>11.52</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>rotatable_bond_count</kind>
    <value>1</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>acceptor_count</kind>
    <value>2</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>donor_count</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>physiological_charge</kind>
    <value>-1</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formal_charge</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>19671</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>76272</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>76273</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>76274</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>136071</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>136072</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>136073</spectrum_id>
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  </spectra>
  <hmdb_id>HMDB33388</hmdb_id>
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