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Is this 3,4-methylenedioxy-cinnamic acid synthesis possible?

ChemistryGhost - 4-9-2012 at 13:12

I was thinking if it was possible to react 1-Bromo-3,4-Methylenedioxybenzene with acrylic acid by doing the heck reaction to get 3,4-methylenedioxy-cinnamic acid. Iso it possible this way with the heck reaction? Is seems so.
:cool: Cool!

AcBottol - 5-9-2012 at 02:09

Should work just fine, Here's an article about it in the journal of organometallic chemistry :
Synthesis of substituted cinnamic acids and cinnamonitriles via Pd...

I you want i can see if i can acces the pdf file for you, not sure if i can though

Hope this helps...

ChemistryGhost - 6-9-2012 at 12:39

Thanks. :cool:

AcBottol - 24-9-2012 at 16:38

Hey

sry it took so long but it slipped my mind, if you are still interested in the article, here it is.

Best of luck!

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