The crystal structure of the title compound, C(14)H(11)ClO(2), is similar to those of phenyl benzoate, 4-methyl-phenyl benzoate and 4-methyl-phenyl 4-methyl-benzoate. The dihedral angle between the phenyl and benzene rings is 51.86 (4)°. The mol-ecules crystallize in planes parallel to (02).

In the centrosymmetric dinuclear title compound, [Pb(2)(C(7)H(5)O(2))(4)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)], two Pb(2+) ions are connected by two tridentate bridging benzoate anions. The Pb(2+) ion is seven-coordinated by five O atoms from three benzoate anions and two N atoms from the 1,10-phenanthroline ligands. The benzoate anions adopt two different coordination modes, one bidentate-chelating and one tride...

Pseudomonas putida converts benzoate to catechol using two enzymes that are encoded on the chromosome and whose expression is induced by benzoate. Benzoate also binds to the regulator XylS to induce expression of the TOL (toluene degradation) plasmid-encoded meta pathway operon for benzoate and methylbenzoate degradation. Finally, benzoate represses the ability of P. putida to transport 4-hydro...

In the polymeric title compound, [Cu(3)(C(7)H(5)O(2))(6)(C(11)H(9)N(3)O)(2)](n), square-planar-coordinated Cu(II) ions on crystallographic inversion centres are bound by two monodentate benzoate anions. The resulting [Cu(benzoate)](2) fragments are joined to centrosymmetic [Cu(2)(benzoate)(4)] paddlewheel clusters [Cu⋯Cu = 2.6331 (5) Å] by means of bridging N-(pyridin-4-yl)nicotinamide (4-pna) ...