methyl 2-oxo-2-phenyl-acetate

Definition

ChEBI: Methyl phenylglyoxalate is the methyl ester of phenylglyoxylic acid with methanol. Metabolite observed in cancer metabolism. It has a role as a human metabolite. It is a methyl ester and an alpha-ketoester. It is functionally related to a phenylglyoxylic acid.

Synthesis Reference(s)

The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 38, p. 3653, 1973 DOI: 10.1021/jo00960a057
Synthesis, p. 433, 1993 DOI: 10.1055/s-1993-25877
Tetrahedron Letters, 27, p. 1805, 1986 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)84380-4