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Phenylacetic acid
SpectraBase Compound ID AzeJRBFs4DA
InChI InChI=1S/C8H8O2/c9-8(10)6-7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5H,6H2,(H,9,10)
InChIKey WLJVXDMOQOGPHL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Mol Weight 136.15 g/mol
Molecular Formula C8H8O2
Exact Mass 136.052429 g/mol
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  • Benzeneacetic acid
  • alpha-TOLUIC ACID
  • Benzylcarboxylic acid
  • PHENYLESSIGSAEURE
  • PHENYLACETIC_ACID
  • PHENYLACETIC-ACID;BENZENE-ACETIC-ACID
  • [2',6'-2H2]-PHENYLACETIC-ACID
  • [3',5'-2H2]-PHENYLACETIC-ACID
  • Acetic acid, phenyl-
  • Phenylacetic acid @
  • 2-Phenylacetic acid
  • alpha-Tolylic acid
  • Benzenacetic acid
  • Phenylethanol-M (acid)
  • PAA
Title Journal or Book Year
Jacaranone-Derived Glucosidic Esters from Jacaranda glabra and Their Activity against Plasmodium falciparum Journal of Natural Products 2010
Biscopyran, a Phytotoxic Hexasubstituted Pyranopyran Produced by Biscogniauxia mediterranea, a Fungus Pathogen of Cork Oak Journal of Natural Products 2005
Biosynthetic Studies of ω-Cycloheptyl Fatty Acids in Alicyclobacillus cycloheptanicus. Formation of Cycloheptanecarboxylic Acid from Phenylacetic Acid The Journal of Organic Chemistry 1997
Oxygen-17 NMR Spectroscopy: Effect of Substituents on Chemical Shifts for ompSubstituted Benzoic Acids, Phenylacetic and Methyl Benzoates Spectroscopy Letters 1986
13C substituent effects in monosubstituted benzenes Organic Magnetic Resonance 1979

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