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α-Phenylcinnamic acid

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α-Phenycinnamic acid
Skeletal formula
Ball-and-stick model
Names
Preferred IUPAC name (2E)-2,3-Diphenylprop-2-enoic acid
Other names α-Phenylcinnamic acid, α-(Phenylmethylene)benzeneacetic acid, α-Phenyl-trans-cinnamic acid
Identifiers
CAS Number
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.001.882 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 202-069-4
PubChem CID
UNII
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InChI
  • InChI=1S/C15H12O2/c16-15(17)14(13-9-5-2-6-10-13)11-12-7-3-1-4-8-12/h1-11H,(H,16,17)/b14-11+Key: BIDDLDNGQCUOJQ-SDNWHVSQSA-N
  • InChI=1/C15H12O2/c16-15(17)14(13-9-5-2-6-10-13)11-12-7-3-1-4-8-12/h1-11H,(H,16,17)/b14-11+Key: BIDDLDNGQCUOJQ-SDNWHVSQBV
SMILES
  • OC(=O)C(=C/C1=CC=CC=C1)/C2=CC=CC=C2
  • O=C(O)\C(=C\c1ccccc1)c2ccccc2
Properties
Chemical formula C15H12O2
Molar mass 224.259 g·mol
Appearance White to light yellow powder
Melting point 172 to 174 °C (342 to 345 °F; 445 to 447 K)
Boiling point 224 to 225 °C (435 to 437 °F; 497 to 498 K)
Solubility in water Slightly soluble
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards Irritant
GHS labelling:
Pictograms GHS07: Exclamation mark
Signal word Warning
Hazard statements H315, H319, H335
Precautionary statements P261, P264, P271, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P312, P321, P332+P313, P337+P313, P362, P403+P233, P405, P501
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Chemical compound

α-Phenylcinnamic acid is a phenylpropanoid, or, more specifically, a derivative of cinnamic acid. It has the formula C15H12O2 and appears as an off-white crystalline solid.

Uses

α-Phenylcinnamic acid is frequently used as a compound synthesized in undergraduate laboratories to study the Perkin reaction, but is primarily seen as in intermediate or precursor to other, more useful phenylpropanoids.

Synthesis

There are many ways to synthesize α-phenylcinnamic acid. Some of the more popular methods of formation include the condensation of phenacyl chloride with benzaldehyde in the presence of triethylamine, the distillation of benzylmandelic acid, or by the reaction of sodium phenylacetate with benzaldehyde in acetic anhydride. There are two isomers of this compound, differing in the geometry of the alkene. The E isomer, in which the two phenyl rings are cis to each other, is the major product formed by most synthetic routes. However, this compound can be converted using heat or ultraviolet light into a mixture containing nearly 50% of the Z isomer. Decarboxylation of α-phenylcinnamic acid yields stilbene, with the (E) isomer producing cis-stilbene and the (Z)-isomer producing trans-stilbene.

References

  1. http://msds.chem.ox.ac.uk/PH/alpha-phenyl_cinnamic_acid.html
  2. "ChemExper".
  3. Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 4, p.777 (1963); Vol. 33, p.70 (1953).Link
  4. István Pálinkó; Béla Török; Gyula Tasi; Tamás Körtvélyesi. "Experimental and Computational Tools for Mechanistic Study: A Modified Perkin Condensation leading to Alpha-Phenylcinnamic Acid Isomers". Electronic Conferences on Trends in Organic Chemistry: ECTOC-1: June 12-July 7, 1995.
  5. Buckles, Robert E.; Wheeler, Norris G. (1953). "cis-Stilbene". Organic Syntheses. 33: 88. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.033.0088; Collected Volumes, vol. 4, p. 857.
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