Assertion: benzoic acid | /r/HasProperty | chemical
Facets:
value: typically
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Benzoic acid is a chemical that occurs naturally in many foods, and may also be added synthetically to foods, where it functions as a preservative (antibacterial and antifungal) (1, 2).
text: Benzoic acid is typically synthetic and is produced commercially by partial oxidation of toluene from petrochemical processing.
text: Benzoic acid, the chemical that we will be purifying, can be made by reacting phenylmagnesium bromide with carbon dioxide.