Ethyl cinnamate is used in medical intermediate, as a pharmaceutical intermediate and in organic synthesis.
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Applications
Ethyl cinnamate is used in medical intermediate, as a pharmaceutical intermediate and in organic synthesis.
Solubility
Insoluble in water.
Notes
Store in cool place. Keep container tightly closed in a dry and well-ventilated place. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents, acids, bases and reducing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Caiding Xu.; Guoying Chen.; Chong Fu.; Xian Huang. The Wittig Reaction of Stable Ylide with Aldehyde Under Microwave Irradiation: Synthesis of Ethyl Cinnamates. Synthetic Communications: An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry. 1995, 25 (15), 2229-2233.
- P. L. Egerton.; E. M. Hyde.; J. Trigg.; A. Payne.; P. Beynon.; M. V. Mijovic.; A. Reiser. Photocycloaddition in liquid ethyl cinnamate and in ethyl cinnamate glasses. The photoreaction as a probe into the micromorphology of the solid. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1981, 103 (13), 3859-3863.
- Arylacrylic esters undergo reductive cross-coupling with alkylaldehydes, promoted by Mg in the presence of TMS chloride, giving 4-aryl-5-alkyl--butyrolactones in high yield: J. Org. Chem., 60, 458 (1995).