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2-Ethylbenzoic acid

97%

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Linear Formula:
C2H5C6H4CO2H
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
150.17
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

97%

mp

62-66 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCc1ccccc1C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C9H10O2/c1-2-7-5-3-4-6-8(7)9(10)11/h3-6H,2H2,1H3,(H,10,11)

InChI key

CGMMPMYKMDITEA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Application

2-Ethylbenzoic acid has been employed:
  • as substrate for microbial asymmetric synthesis of (S)-3-methylphthalide
  • in synthesis of γ-lactones and bis(2-ethylbenzoyl)peroxide

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Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Microbial asymmetric syntheses of 3-alkylphthalide derivatives.
Kitayama T.
Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 8(22), 3765-3774 (1997)
Cynthia D Fast et al.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 37(11), 3085-3101 (2017-02-12)
Fear- and stress-induced activity in the amygdala has been hypothesized to influence sensory brain regions through the influence of the amygdala on neuromodulatory centers. To directly examine this relationship, we used optical imaging to observe odor-evoked activity in populations of
Intramolecular hydrogen-atom transfer in 2-alkylbenzoyloxyl radicals as studied by transient absorption kinetics and product analyses on the photodecomposition of bis (2-alkylbenzoyl) peroxides.
Wang J, et al.
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 68(4), 1213-1219 (1995)
An improved method for the synthesis of ?-lactones using sodium bromate and sodium hydrogen sulfite.
Hayat S, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 42(9), 1647-1649 (2001)

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