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Upstream product

• 140-10-3 (E)-3-phenylacrylic acid 
• 99-93-4 4-Hydroxyacetophenone 
• 102-92-1 cinnamoyl chloride 
• 102-92-1 Cinnamoyl chloride 

Downstream Products

• 1092118-47-2 C₂₄H₂₂O₃ 
• 73789-34-1 cinnamic acid 4-chlorophenyl ester 
• 24561-34-0 C₁₃H₁₃NO₃ 
• 99-93-4 4-Hydroxyacetophenone 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Synthesis of (E)-cinnamyl ester derivatives via a greener Steglich esterification

Cinnamic acid derivatives are known antifungal, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anticancer compounds. We have developed a facile and mild methodology for the synthesis of (E)-cinnamate derivatives using a modified Steglich esterification of (E)-cinnamic acid. Using acetonitrile as the solvent, rather than the typical chlorinated solvent, and 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (EDC) as the coupling agent enables ester conversion in 45 min with mild heating (40–45 °C) and an average yield of 70% without need for further purification. These conditions were used to couple (E)-cinnamic acid with 1° and 2° aliphatic alcohols, benzylic and allylic alcohols, and phenols. This work demonstrates a facile and greener methodology for Steglich esterification reactions.

Structure-reactivity correlations in nucleophilic displacement reactions of Y-substituted-phenyl X-substituted-cinnamates with Z-substituted-phenoxides

Second-order rate constants (kN) have been measured spectrophotometrically for the nucleophilic displacement reactions of 4-nitrophenyl X-substituted-cinnamates (4a-4e) and Y-substituted-phenyl cinnamates (5a-5e) with Z-substituted-phenoxide anions in 80 mol % H2O/20 mol % DMSO at 25.0 ±0.1 °C. The Hammett plot for the reactions of 4a-4e with 4-chlorophenoxide (4-ClPhO.) consists of two intersecting straight lines, which might be taken as a change in the rate-determining step (RDS). However, it has been concluded that the nonlinear Hammett plot is not due to a change in the RDS but is caused by stabilization of the ground state of substrates possessing an electron-withdrawing group in the cinnamoyl moiety through resonance interactions, since the Yukawa-Tsuno plot exhibits an excellent linear correlation with ρX = 0.89 and r = 0.58. The Bronsted-type plot for the reactions of 4-nitrophenyl cinnamate (4c) with Z-substituted-phenoxides is linear with βnuc = 0.76. The Bronsted-type plot for the reactions of Y-substituted-phenyl cinnamates (5a-5d) with 4-chlorophenoxides (4-ClPhO.) is also linear with βlg =.0.72. The Hammett plot correlated with σ-. constants for the reactions of 5a-5d results in a much better linear correlation than that correlated with σo constants, indicating that a partial negative charge develops on the O atom of the leaving aryloxide. Thus, the reactions have been concluded to proceed through a concerted mechanism.

The α-effect in nucleophilic substitution reactions of Y-substituted-Phenyl X-substituted-cinnamates with Butane-2,3-dione monoximate

Second-order rate constants (kOx-) have been measured spectrophotometrically for nucleophilic substitution reactions of 4-nitrophenyl X-substituted-cinnamates (7a-7e) and Y-substituted-phenyl cinnamates (8a-8e) with butane-2,3-dione monoximate (Ox-) in 80 mol % H2O/20 mol % DMSO at 25.0 ± 0.1 °C. The Hammett plot for the reactions of 7a-7e consists of two intersecting straight lines while the Yukawa-Tsuno plot exhibits an excellent linearity with ρX = 0.85 and r = 0.58, indicating that the nonlinear Hammett plot is not due to a change in the rate-determining step but is caused by resonance stabilization of the ground state (GS) of the substrate possessing an electron-donating group (EDG). The Bronsted-type plot for the reactions of Y-substituted-phenyl cinnamates (8a-8e) is linear with βlg = - 0.64, which is typical of reactions reported previously to proceed through a concerted mechanism. The a-nucleophile (Ox-) is more reactive than the reference normalnucleophile (4-ClPhO-). The magnitude of the α-effect (i.e., the kOx-/k4-ClPhO- ratio) is independent of the electronic nature of the substituent X in the nonleaving group but increases linearly as the substituent Y in the leaving group becomes a weaker electron-withdrawing group (EWG). It has been concluded that the difference in solvation energy between Ox- and 4-ClPhO - (i.e., GS effect) is not solely responsible for the α-effect but stabilization of transition state (TS) through a cyclic TS structure contributes also to the Y-dependent a-effect trend (i.e., TS effect).

Aminolysis of Y-substituted phenyl X-substituted cinnamates and benzoates: Effect of modification of the nonleaving group from benzoyl to cinnamoyl

(Chemical Equation Presented) A kinetic study is reported for reactions of Y-substituted phenyl X-substituted cinnamates (1a-e and 3a-g) and benzoates (2a-e and 4a-g) with a series of alicyclic secondary amines in 80 mol % H 2O/20 mol % DMSO at

REACTIVITY OF ARYLCINNAMATES IN POLYPHOSPHORIC ACID (PPA): CYCLISATION AND REARRANGEMENT REACTIONS

In polyphosphoric acid (PPA), various phenyl-substituted cinnamates react to give 4-phenyl-3,4-dihydrocoumarins, flavanones or 3-phenylindanone owing to the nature of the substituents on the phenyl moiety.