2-Fluorobenzoic acid

2-Fluorobenzoic acid.svg 120 px 2-Fluorobenzoic acid o-Fluorobenzoic acid correct chemspider 9547 correct kegg C02359 1S/C7H5FO2/c8-6-4-2-1-3-5(6)7(9)10/h1-4H,(H,9,10) NSTREUWFTAOOKS-UHFFFAOYSA-N correct EBI 114383 correct CAS 445-29-4 correct FDA 64UZ32KOO4 9935 correct EBI 19577 O=C(O)c1ccccc1F 7 5 1 2 126 1.856 3.27 Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary 102 2-Fluorobenzoic acid is an aromatic organic compound with the formula FC6H4CO2H. It is one of three isomeric fluorobenzoic acids. Its conjugate base is 2-fluorobenzoate. The compound is an irritant. Its metabolism has been studied extensively in the field of microbiology. Milne, G. W. A. P. Goldman J. L. Holtzman 1968 The metabolism of 2-fluorobenzoic acid. Studies with 18O2 J. Biol. Chem. 243 20 5374–5376 10.1016/S0021-9258(18)91959-9 http://www.jbc.org/content/243/20/5374 free 5702050 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01243.x 18616594 Degradation of fluorobiphenyl by Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenesKF707 FEMS Microbiology Letters 286 1 45–9 2008 Murphy Cormac D. Quirke Shane Balogun Olufunmilayo free Its conjugate base is part of the pathway of 2-fluorobiphenyl metabolism by Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes. See also 4-Fluorobenzoic acid, the para isomer 3-Fluorobenzoic acid, the meta isomer 2-Chlorobenzoic acid References Category:Benzoic acids Category:2-Fluorophenyl compounds