Journal of the American Chemical Society

BETA-PHENOXYPROPIONIC ACID AND SOME OF ITS DERIVATIVES. CHROMANONE

SG Powell

Index: Powell Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1923 , vol. 45, p. 2711

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Citation Number: 12

Abstract

Attempts to oxidize y-phenoxypropyl alcohol with alkaline perman- ganate by the method of Fournier2 were not successful. Oxidation with neutral permanganate, however, gave results which were highly satis- factory, although by no means quantitative. It should be mentioned here that this method is being further investigated, not only as applied to this acid, but also to other p-aryloxy fatty acids. The yield by the method described in this paper varies between 32 and 45% ...