J. Shan
2008
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Journal of Dalian Maritime University
Abstract
The effects of solvent,catalyst,temperature and the ratio of starting materials on reaction were investigated by comparison method to study the synthesis of 3-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)acrylic acid by the Knoevenagel condensation of 4-hydroxy benzaldehyde with malonic acid.The optimum experimental conditions for synthesising 3-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)acrylic acid are as follows: 1,4-dioxane is used as solvent,pyridine and piperidine as catalyst,and the molar ratio of 4-hydroxy benzaldehyde to malonic acid is 1∶3.Compared with traditional method using pyridine as solvent,the proposed method makes the yield increases from 83% to 88% and the 1,4-dioxane is cheaper and more environment-friendly than pyridine. The structure of the product is characterized by NMR.