| Chemical Properties | beige to brown-grey powder |
| Uses | It is an important raw material and intermediate used in Organic Synthesis, Pharmaceuticals, Agrochemicals and Dyestuff. |
| Uses | Metabolite from phenanthrene degradation. |
| Definition | ChEBI: 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid is a naphthoic acid with the carboxy group at position 2 and carrying a hydroxy substituent at the 1-position. It is a xenobiotic metabolite produced by the biodegradation of phenanthrene by microorganisms. It has a role as a bacterial xenobiotic metabolite and a fungal xenobiotic metabolite. It is a naphthoic acid, a member of naphthols and a hydroxy monocarboxylic acid. It is functionally related to a 2-naphthoic acid. It is a conjugate acid of a 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoate. |
| General Description | 1-Hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid is produced by the transformation of phenanthrene by NCIB 9816 clones. |
| Purification Methods | Successively crystallise the acid from EtOH/water, diethyl ether and acetonitrile, with filtration through a column of charcoal and Celite. [Tong & Glesmann J Am Chem Soc 79 583 1957, Beilstein 10 H 331, 10 IV 1194.] |
