Chemical Properties
off-white to light beige crystalline powder
Uses
α-Methoxyphenylacetic acid has been used in the enantioresolution of two diastereomeric esters by HPLC.
Uses
DL-alpha-Methoxyphenylacetic acid has been used in the enantioresolution of two diastereomeric esters by HPLC.
Definition
ChEBI: DL-alpha-Methoxyphenylacetic acid is a benzyl ether.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 82, p. 4062, 1960
DOI: 10.1021/ja01500a061
General Description
Enantiomers of α-methoxyphenylacetic acid has been resolved as amide derivatives on chiral statinary phases by HPLC. α-Methoxyphenylacetic acid is also known as Trost′s chiral acid.