The molecule is a cinnamate ester obtained by formal condensation of the carboxy group of ferulic acid with one of the hydroxy groups of tartaric acid. It is an aromatic ether, a cinnamate ester, a dicarboxylic acid, a member of phenols and a tetraric acid derivative. It derives from a 2,3-dihydroxybutanedioic acid.
2-hydroxy-3-[3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyloxy]butanedioic acid