Ko te waikawa benzoic, e mohiotia ana ko te waikawa benzoic, he tauira ngota o te C6H5COOH. Koia te waikawa kakara tino ngawari e hono ana te roopu carboxyl ki te ngota waro o te mowhiti benzene. He pūhui i hangaia ma te whakakapi i te hauwai i runga i te whakakai benzene ki te roopu carboxyl (-COOH). He kiripiri kore tae, he haunga kore. Ko te ira whakarewa he 122.13 ℃, te ira koropupū he 249 ℃, me te kiato whanaunga ko 1.2659 (15/4 ℃). Ka tere te whakaheke i te 100°C, a he tino pukuriri tona kohu, ka ngawari te maremare i muri i te whakangohanga. He iti te wairewa ki te wai, he ngawari te whakarewa i roto i nga whakarewa pararopi penei i te waihano, te etera, te chloroform, te benzene, te toluene, te waro disulfide, te waro tetrachloride me te pine Chemicalbook penapena wahie. Kei te noho whanui i roto i te taiao i roto i te ahua o te waikawa kore utu, te ester, me ona hua. Hei tauira, kei te ahua o te waikawa kore utu me te hākawa benzyl i roto i te kapia benzoin; kei roto i nga rau me te kiri kakau o etahi tipu; kei roto i te kakara Kei te ahua o te methyl ester, benzyl ester ranei i roto i nga hinu tino nui; kei roto i te ahua o tona waikawa hippuric i roto i te mimi hoiho. Ko te waikawa benzoic he waikawa ngoikore, he kaha ake i nga waikawa ngako. He rite nga ahuatanga matū, ka taea te hanga i te tote, te ester, te hauwai waikawa, te amida, te waikawa anhydride, me etahi atu, a kaore e ngawari ki te waikura. Ka puta he tauhohenga whakakapinga hiko i runga i te mowhiti benzene o te waikawa benzoic, te nuinga o te whakaputa hua whakakapi-meta.
Ka whakamahia te waikawa Benzoic hei rongoa, hei rongoa ranei. Ka whai hua te aukati i te tipu o te harore, te huakita, me te koriri. Ina whakamahia hei rongoa, ka whakamahia ki te kiri hei rongoa i nga mate kiri penei i te kutukutu. Ka whakamahia i roto i te muka waihanga, te kapia, te paninga, te rapa, me te ahumahi tupeka. I te timatanga, i puta te waikawa benzoic ma te whakangao i te kapia benzoin, te hauwai ranei o te pukapuka matū ki te wai kawakore. Ka taea hoki te whakaputa ma te hydrolysis o te waikawa hippuric. I roto i te ahumahi, ka puta te waikawa benzoic na roto i te waikura hau o toluene i te aroaro o nga whakakorikori penei i te cobalt me te manganese; ka puta mai ranei ma te hauwai me te decarboxylation o te phthalic anhydride. Ko te waikawa Benzoic me tona tote konutai ka taea te whakamahi hei rongoa patu patupatu i roto i te taherapa, te toothpaste, te tami me etahi atu kai, ka taea hoki te whakamahi hei mordants mo te tae me te ta.