DL-alpha-Methoxyphenylacetic acid (1701-77-5)

The Methoxyphenylacetic acid, with cas registry number 1701-77-5, has the systematic name of methoxy(phenyl)acetic acid. Its other registry number is 1701-77-5. And its IUPAC name is 2-methoxy-2-phenylacetic acid. Besides this, it is also named alpha-methoxy-alpha-phenylacetic acid.

Physical properties about this chemical are: (1)ACD/LogP: 1.29; (2)# of Rule of 5 Violations: 0; (3)ACD/LogD (pH 5.5): -1.09; (4)ACD/LogD (pH 7.4): -2.35; (5)ACD/BCF (pH 5.5): 1; (6)ACD/BCF (pH 7.4): 1; (7)ACD/KOC (pH 5.5): 1; (8)ACD/KOC (pH 7.4): 1; (9)#H bond acceptors: 3; (10)#H bond donors: 1; (11)#Freely Rotating Bonds: 3; (12)Polar Surface Area: 35.53 Å²; (13)Index of Refraction: 1.535; (14)Molar Refractivity: 43.74 cm³; (15)Molar Volume: 140.4 cm³; (16)Polarizability: 17.34×10^-24cm³; (17)Surface Tension: 44.9 dyne/cm; (18)Enthalpy of Vaporization: 55.21 kJ/mol; (19)Vapour Pressure: 0.00146 mmHg at 25°C.

Preparation: this chemical can be prepared by hydroxy-phenyl-acetic acid and sulfuric acid dimethyl ester. This reaction will need reagent aq. NaOH.

Uses of (+-)-methoxy-phenyl-acetic acid: it can be used to produce b-methoxy-phenethyl alcohol. This reaction will need reagent LiAlH₄ and solvent diethyl ether. The reaction time is 1.5 hour(s). The yield is about 88%. 

You can still convert the following datas into molecular structure: 
(1)SMILES: O=C(O)C(OC)c1ccccc1
(2)InChI: InChI=1/C9H10O3/c1-12-8(9(10)11)7-5-3-2-4-6-7/h2-6,8H,1H3,(H,10,11)
(3)InChIKey: DIWVBIXQCNRCFE-UHFFFAOYAO
(4)Std. InChI: InChI=1S/C9H10O3/c1-12-8(9(10)11)7-5-3-2-4-6-7/h2-6,8H,1H3,(H,10,11)
(5)Std. InChIKey: DIWVBIXQCNRCFE-UHFFFAOYSA-N