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(Z)-3-Methyl-5-phenyl-2-pentenoic Acid

Division of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry F11, The University of Sydney, N.S.W 2006, Australia
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Molecules 1998, 3(3), M54; https://doi.org/10.3390/M54
Submission received: 27 February 1998 / Published: 6 March 1998
(This article belongs to the Section Molbank Section of Molecules, 1997-2001)
Molecules 03 m54 i001
The general part of the experimental section [1] has been presented elsewhere. Ethyl (Z)-3-methyl-5-phenyl-2-pentenoate (0.10 g, 0.5 mmol) was refluxed with potassium hydroxide (0.07 g, 1.25 mmol) in a mixture of water (8 ml) and methanol (1 ml) for 3 hours, cooled and washed with ether (10 ml). The aqueous phase was acidified with concentrated hydrochloric acid to below pH 1. The mixture was extracted with ether (3x10 ml). The combined ether extracts were dried (Na2SO4), filtered and evaporated under reduced pressure. (Z)-3-Methyl-5-phenyl-2-pentenoic acid (0.0497 g, 57%) was obtained as a viscous pale yellow oil that crystallized on standing at room temperature overnight.
M.p. 51-3°
UV (ethanol) 303 (250) nm.
IR (CDCl3) 3300-2800(bs, OH), 3103, 2941, 1692 (s, C=O), 1639, 1290, 1260 cm-1.
1H-NMR (90 MHz, CDCl3) 1.88 (3H, d, J 1.3 Hz, CH3), 2.55-2.98 (4H, m, 2xCH2), 5.65 (1H, m, =CH), 6.92-7.35 (5H, m, ArH), 9.28 (1H, bs, COOH).
EI-MS 190(M+, 7%), 144(9), 131(8), 91(100).

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Australian Research Council and The University of Sydney.

References and Notes

  1. Moloney, M.G.; Pinhey, J.T.; Stoermer, M.J. Vinyl Cation Formation by Decomposition of Vinyl-lead Triacetates. The reactions of Vinylmercury and Vinyltin Compounds with Lead Tetraacetate. J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1 1990, 10, 2645. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
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Stoermer, M.J.; Pinhey, J.T. (Z)-3-Methyl-5-phenyl-2-pentenoic Acid. Molecules 1998, 3, M54. https://doi.org/10.3390/M54

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Stoermer, Martin J., and John T. Pinhey. 1998. "(Z)-3-Methyl-5-phenyl-2-pentenoic Acid" Molecules 3, no. 3: M54. https://doi.org/10.3390/M54

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