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The Hive => Novel Discourse => Topic started by: Aurelius on March 03, 2003, 06:52:00 PM

Title: phenylacetic acid
Post by: Aurelius on March 03, 2003, 06:52:00 PM
Not very economic method for PAA, but novel none-the-less:

cyclooctatetraene with HgSO4 --> Phenylacetic acid.

(or you can react it with NaOCl to get terephthaldehyde)