Ok, I was only checking.
1.You should be able to seperate it if you were to deprotonate the phenylacetic acid with alakali hydroxide, forming the nonvolatile salt. Steam distillation would likely remove the aldehyde, and leave the solid salt in the distillation flask.
I believe this was the procedure recommended to me by Rhodium for the seperation of phenylacetone from 2-phenylpropanal, which it was its originating source. He had recommended that the remaining 2-PP be oxidized to the carboxylic acid and deprotonated, followed by distillation of the product P2P, seperating them.
(That synthesis has yet to occur by the way, for those inquiring minds out there.)
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