Paracoumaryl alcohol

Paracoumaryl alcohol
Names
	Preferred IUPAC name 4-[(1E)-3-Hydroxyprop-1-en-1-yl]phenol
	Other names p-coumaryl alcohol, 4-coumaryl alcohol, 4-hydroxycinnamyl alcohol, 4-(3-hydroxy-1-propenyl)phenol
Identifiers
CAS Number	20649-40-5 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChEBI	CHEBI:64555 ;
ChEMBL	ChEMBL109034 ;
ChemSpider	4444166 ;
KEGG	C02646 ;
PubChem CID	5280535;
UNII	61POZ1QQ11 ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID50895024 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C9H10O2/c10-7-1-2-8-3-5-9(11)6-4-8/h1-6,10-11H,7H2/b2-1+ Key: PTNLHDGQWUGONS-OWOJBTEDSA-N ; InChI=1/C9H10O2/c10-7-1-2-8-3-5-9(11)6-4-8/h1-6,10-11H,7H2/b2-1+ Key: PTNLHDGQWUGONS-OWOJBTEDBL;
	SMILES OC/C=C/c1ccc(O)cc1;
Properties
Chemical formula	C9H10O2
Molar mass	150.1745
Appearance	White solid
Melting point	114–116 °C (237–241 °F; 387–389 K)
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). verify (what is ?) Infobox references

Paracoumaryl alcohol is a phytochemical, one of the monolignols. It is a white solid. p-Coumaryl alcohol is a major precursor to lignin or lignans.^[1]

^ Withers, Saunia; Lu, Fachuang; Kim, Hoon; Zhu, Yimin; Ralph, John; Wilkerson, Curtis G. (2012). "Identification of Grass-specific Enzyme That Acylates Monolignols with p-Coumarate". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287 (11): 8347–8355. doi:10.1074/jbc.M111.284497. PMC 3318722. PMID 22267741. S2CID 24998478.