Benzoic acid1 is the simplest aromatic carboxylic acid and a commonly used preservative in foods and a snowflake mimic in holiday snow globes. This past August, Yifan Meng, Richard N. Zare*, and ...

Hippuric acid also occurs in avocadoes (Persea americana) and common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). As its chemical name suggests, the compound is formed by the reaction of benzoic acid and glycine in ...