2-(4-Methoxy-2-methylphenyl)acetic acid

Base Information

• Chemical Name: 2-(4-Methoxy-2-methylphenyl)acetic acid
• CAS No.: 942-97-2
• Molecular Formula: C10H12 O3
• Molecular Weight: 180.20000
• Hs Code.: 2918990090
• DSSTox Substance ID: DTXSID80404289
• Wikidata: Q82208403
• Mol file: 942-97-2.mol

Synonyms:942-97-2;2-(4-methoxy-2-methylphenyl)acetic acid;4-Methoxy-2-methylphenylacetic acid;Benzeneaceticacid, 4-methoxy-2-methyl-;SCHEMBL4664847;DTXSID80404289;4-Methoxy-2-methylphenylaceticacid;MFCD02664778;AKOS006279701;Benzeneaceticacid,4-methoxy-2-methyl-;TS-02517;FT-0739696;D83026;EN300-100778;A1-00225;J-506025;Z1198160688

Chemical Property of 2-(4-Methoxy-2-methylphenyl)acetic acid

Chemical Property:

• Vapor Pressure: 8E-05mmHg at 25°C
• Boiling Point: 327.8oC at 760 mmHg
• Flash Point: 130.2oC
• PSA: 46.53000
• Density: 1.146g/cm3
• LogP: 1.63070
• Storage Temp.: Sealed in dry,Room Temperature
• XLogP3: 1.7
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 1
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 3
• Rotatable Bond Count: 3
• Exact Mass: 180.078644241
• Heavy Atom Count: 13
• Complexity: 179

Purity/Quality:

99%, ^*data from raw suppliers

2-(4-methoxy-2-methylphenyl)aceticacid 95 ^*data from reagent suppliers

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Useful:

• Canonical SMILES: CC1=C(C=CC(=C1)OC)CC(=O)O

Technology Process of 2-(4-Methoxy-2-methylphenyl)acetic acid

There total 8 articles about 2-(4-Methoxy-2-methylphenyl)acetic acid which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield: 62.5%

1-diazo-2-(4-methoxy-2-methylphenyl)ethan-2-one (114474-03-2) → 4-methoxy-2-methylphenylacetic acid (942-97-2)

Guidance literature:

With sodium hydroxide; silver(l) oxide; In methanol; 1) reflux, 2.5 hr, 2) reflux, 2 hr;

Reference yield: 58.0%

carbon dioxide (124-38-9,18923-20-1) + 3,4-dimethylanisole (4685-47-6) → 4-methoxy-2-methylphenylacetic acid (942-97-2)

Guidance literature:

With bis(2-pyridyl)methane; xanth-9-one; nickel(II) chloride hexahydrate; potassium tert-butylate; In benzene; at 20 ℃; for 4h; under 760.051 Torr; Irradiation; Schlenk technique;

DOI:10.1021/jacs.9b12529

Reference yield:

4-methoxysalicylaldehyde (52289-54-0) → 4-methoxy-2-methylphenylacetic acid (942-97-2)

Guidance literature:

Multi-step reaction with 3 steps

1: 60 percent / Jones' reagent

2: 1) oxalyl chloride

3: 62.5 percent / 1) silver oxide, 2) aq. sodium hydroxide (40percent) / methanol / 1) reflux, 2.5 hr, 2) reflux, 2 hr

With sodium hydroxide; jones' reagent; oxalyl dichloride; silver(l) oxide; In methanol;

upstream raw materials:

1-allyl-4-methoxy-2-methylbenzene

1-diazo-2-(4-methoxy-2-methylphenyl)ethan-2-one

4-methoxysalicylaldehyde

4-methoxy-2-methylbenzoic acid

Downstream raw materials:

4-hydroxy-2-methylphenylacetic acid

4,4'-dimethoxy-2,2'-dimethyl-deoxybenzoin

(4-Methoxy-2-methylphenyl)acetyl chloride

methyl 2-(4-methoxy-2-methylphenyl)acetate

Refernces

• 1、 Sen, P. K.,Pal, Panchanan,Goswami, Shyamaprosad,Chattopadhyay, Gautam. "Synthesis of 4-Hydroxy-2-methylbenzoic Acid and Its Higher Homologues". . p. 679 - 682. Retrieved 2007/10/02.