The molecule is a monocarboxylic acid that is (4-hydroxy-3,5-diiodophenyl)propanoic acid in which the phenolic hydroxy group has been replaced by a 4-hydroxyphenyl group. An ionotropic analogue of L-thyroxine. It is an organoiodine compound, an aromatic ether, a member of phenols and a monocarboxylic acid.
3-[4-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)-3,5-diiodophenyl]propanoic acid