a white crystalline compound, C6H5COOH; ... It occurs naturally in some plants and is used as a food preservative. Benzenecarboxylic acid has a carboxyl group bound directly to a benzene ring. It is a weak carboxylic acid (...), which is slightly soluble in water. It also undergoes substitution reactions on the benzene ring.
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