In planning the synthesis of phenylacetic acid, two synthons are identified.

Under basic conditions, the compound will break down further into coelenteramine and 4-hydroxy phenylacetic acid.

P2P itself is usually obtained from phenylacetic acid and acetic anhydride.

Overripe bananas, for instance, are full of phenylacetaldehyde and phenylacetic acid.

The synthesis of phenylacetic acid determined by retrosynthetic analysis is thus:

The name derives from its chemical name: 2-(2,6-dichloranilino) phenylacetic acid.

Reduction of the 4-hydroxymandelic acid gives 4-hydroxy phenylacetic acid, a precursor to the drug atenolol.

The flies in the phenylacetic acid chamber courted twice as often as those in the control condition did.

Phenylacetic acid has been found to be an active auxin (a type of plant hormone), found predominantly in fruits.

From A-10, antineoplaston AS2-1, a 4:1 mixture of phenylacetic acid and phenylacetylglutamine, was derived.

Phenylacetic acid (abr.

Phenylacetic acid in the presence of a base will lose water to produce phenylketene due to the high acidity of the alpha proton.

After testing 163 other odors, the researchers found three compounds that elicited excitatory responses: phenylacetaldehyde, phenylacetic acid, and phenylethylamine.

Varying the choice of the substituted phenylacetic acid imino ether affords compounds with a diversity of substituents on the benzene ring at the 2- position.

The researchers tested this hypothesis by placing males and females in a chamber with gauze that was saturated either with phenylacetic acid or with a control substance.

An example with modified reagents (sulfur, concentrated ammonium hydroxide and pyridine) is the conversion of acetophenone to 2-phenylacetamide and phenylacetic acid:

In fact, phenylacetic acid has been synthesized from benzyl cyanide, itself prepared by the analogous reaction of benzyl chloride with sodium cyanide.

Phenylacetic acid is used in some perfumes, possessing a honey-like odour in low concentrations, and is also used in penicillin G production.

Phenylacetic acid, a precursor to pharmaceuticals, arises via benzyl cyanide, which is generated by treatment of benzyl chloride with sodium cyanide.

Secretions believed to have broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity include allantoin, urea, phenylacetic acid, phenylacetaldehyde, calcium carbonate, and proteolytic enzymes and many others.

The chiral agent used was a single enantiomer of MTPA (α-methoxy-α-(trifluoromethyl)phenylacetic acid), also known as Mosher's acid.

The complex ion can easily oxidize alcohol, aldehyde and amine, and capable of decarboxylating α-hydroxycarboxylic acids and phenylacetic acids to give the corresponding carbonyl compounds.

Methyl phenylacetate is an organic compound that is the ester formed from methanol and phenylacetic acid, with the structural formula CHCHCOOCH.

Additional symptoms and findings may include nausea, vomiting, and a musty or "mousy" body odor due to the presence of a by-product of phenylalanine (phenylacetic acid) in the urine and sweat.

Pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, phenylacetone, and phenylacetic acid are currently DEA list I and acetic anhydride is list II on the DEA list of chemicals subject to regulation and control measures.