The 2-(1-Naphthalenyloxy)propanoic acid ,its cas register number is 13949-67-2.It also can be called as Propanoic acid, 2-(1-naphthalenyloxy)- and the IUPAC name about this chemicals is 2-Naphthalen-1-yloxypropanoic acid . Raw materials about this chemicals are Sodium hydroxide-->1-Naphthol .It belongs to the following product categories, such as phenoxy carboxylic acids and aryloxy phenoxy acid herbicides, herbicide intermediates and pesticide intermediates .

Following are the chemical properties about 2-(1-Naphthalenyloxy)propanoic acid : (1) #H bond acceptors: 3 ; (2)#H bond donors: 1 ; (3)#Freely Rotating Bonds: 3 ; (4)Polar Surface Area: 35.53 Å ; (5)Index of Refraction: 1.618 ; (6)Molar Refractivity: 61.56 cm³ ; (7)Molar Volume: 175.5 cm³ ; (8)Surface Tension: 49.8 dyne/cm ; (9)Enthalpy of Vaporization: 67.4 kJ/mol ; (10)Vapour Pressure: 9.05E-07 mmHg at 25°C

The 2-(1-Naphthalenyloxy)propanoic acid is a white crystal powder and it insoluble in water. It can be used as an intermediate of Napropamide herbicide.

Preparation method about 2-(1-Naphthalenyloxy)propanoic acid: Add naphthol and caustic soda into a reactor, then add toluene as solvent and increase the temperature to get naphthol sodium, and then to add a certain amount of α-chloro acid at a certain temperature, then let them reaction hours, at end of reaction, add a certain amount of water and hydrochloric acid, we can get precipitation,  filtration the precipitation can get the product.

This chemicals can be described computed from structure:
(1)Canonical SMILES: CC(C(=O)O)OC1=CC=CC2=CC=CC=C21
(2)InChI: InChI=1S/C13H12O3/c1-9(13(14)15)16-12-8-4-6-10-5-2-3-7-11(10)12/h2-9H,1H3,(H,14,15)
(3)InChIKey: KTAVXDDWEGVLRN-UHFFFAOYSA-N