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3-Methoxyphenethyl alcohol

97%

Synonym(s):

2-(3-Methoxyphenyl)ethanol

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Linear Formula:
CH3OC6H4CH2CH2OH
CAS Number:
5020-41-7
Molecular Weight:
152.19
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1863114
EC Number:
225-705-2
MDL number:
MFCD00002893
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24851294
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

100

assay

97%

refractive index

n20/D 1.538 (lit.)

bp

141-143 °C/12 mmHg (lit.)

density

1.075 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

hydroxyl

SMILES string

COc1cccc(CCO)c1

InChI

1S/C9H12O2/c1-11-9-4-2-3-8(7-9)5-6-10/h2-4,7,10H,5-6H2,1H3

InChI key

UPPGEJSCUZMCMW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

3-Methoxyphenethyl alcohol was used as starting reagent during the synthesis of 3-methoxy-2,6-dimethyl- phenethyl alcohol.

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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An interesting synthesis of 3-methoxy-2, 6-dimethylphenethyl alcohol.
Meyer AL and Turner RB.
Tetrahedron, 27(13), 2609-2615 (1971)
Kuo-Ching Wen et al.
International journal of molecular sciences, 14(12), 23420-23440 (2013-11-30)
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Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) is an ester of a hydroxycinnamic acid (phenylpropanoid) and a phenylethanoid (2-phenylethanol; 2-PE), which has long been used in traditional medicine. Here, we synthesized 54 hydroxycinnamic acid-phenylethanoid esters by feeding 64 combinations of hydroxycinnamic acids

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