Chemical Properties
WHITE SHINY FLAKES AND CHUNKS
Uses
Ortho-, meta-, and para-chlorophenylacetic acids are all potent plant growth regulators and herbicides. 3-Chlorophenylacetic acid is the meta-isomer among them. Chlorophenylacetic acids are used in the synthesis of oxindoles and organoantimony complexes; the resulting compounds exhibit biocidal, fungicidal, and antioxidant properties
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Purification Methods
Crystallise the acid from EtOH/water, or as needles from *C6H6 or H2O (charcoal). The acid chloride (prepared by boiling with SOCl2) has b 127-129o/15mm. [Dippy & Williams J Chem Soc 161 1934, Misra & Shukla J Indian Chem Soc 28 480 1951, Beilstein 9 III 2263, 9 IV 1674.]
References
[1] Levandowski, M. N., Rozada, T. C., Melo, U. Z., Basso, E. A., & Fiorin, B. C. (2017). Conformational equilibrium of phenylacetic acid and its halogenated analogues through theoretical studies, NMR and IR spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 174, Pages 138-146.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2016.10.050
