Chemical Properties
WHITE TO SLIGHTLY PINK-CREAM CRYSTALLINE POWDER
Uses
2-Methoxyphenylacetic acid is used as pharmaceutical intermediate.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 70, p. 1930, 1948
DOI: 10.1021/ja01185a084
General Description
The cytotoxic potential of 2-methoxyphenylacetic acid was studied.
Purification Methods
Crystallise the acid from H2O, EtOH or aqueous EtOH, pet ether/Et2O and dry it in a vacuum desiccator over Sicapent. The amide has m 131o (from EtOH). [Beilstein 10 H 188, 10 III 422, 10 IV 536.]