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Synthesis Reference(s)

The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 43, p. 2170, 1978 DOI: 10.1021/jo00405a019Synthesis, p. 880, 1979 DOI: 10.1055/s-1979-28857Tetrahedron Letters, 30, p. 371, 1989 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)95205-5

InChI:InChI=1/C10H12O2/c1-8(10(11)12-2)9-6-4-3-5-7-9/h3-8H,1-2H3

Upstream product

• 67-56-1 methanol 
• 492-37-5 hydratropic acid 
• 117594-53-3 methyl hydratropimidate hydrochloride 
• 100058-89-7 (+/-)-methyl 2-methoxy-2-phenylpropionate 
• 673-32-5 1-Phenylprop-1-yne 
• 34713-70-7 2-Phenylpropanal 
• 24378-02-7 ((E)-2-Methanesulfinyl-1-methyl-2-methylsulfanyl-vinyl)-benzene 
• 1865-29-8 2-phenyl-acrylic acid methyl ester 
• 101-41-7 benzeneacetic acid methyl ester 
• 74-88-4 methyl iodide 
• 2510-99-8 ethyl 2-phenylpropanoate 
• 186581-53-3 diazomethane 
• 100-42-5 styrene 
• 201230-82-2 carbon monoxide 

Downstream Products

• 3280-08-8 2-methyl-3-phenyl-butan-2-ol 
• 116342-25-7 (+/-)-N-benzyl-2-phenylpropanamide 
• 32346-08-0 (1-methoxy-2-phenylprop-1-enyloxy)trimethylsilane 
• 31678-70-3 4,4-Dimethoxy-2-phenyl-2-methyl-butansaeuremethylester 
• 28645-07-0 (S)-methyl 2-phenylpropanoate 
• 2328-26-9 methyl (R)-2-phenylpropanoate 
• 70397-74-9 methyl 2-(hydroxymethyl)-2-phenylpropionate 
• 124658-21-5 Methyl α-fluoro-α-methylbenzeneacetate 
• 117606-78-7 (S)-2-Methyl-3-oxo-2-phenyl-hexanoic acid methyl ester 
• 492-37-5 hydratropic acid 
• 7782-24-3 (S)-2-Phenylpropionic acid 
• 7782-26-5 (R)-2-Phenylpropionic acid 
• 4842-49-3 (R)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)propionic acid 
• 13448-81-2 (S)-methyl atrolactate 

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