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Practical:-8 Notes on the Synthesis of cinnamic acid from benzaldehyde through Knoevenagel condensation. (Organic Chemistry Reaction)

Cinnamic acid is an aromatic organic compound having the molecular formula C9H8O2. The molecule having a benzene ring, carboxylic acid group as well as α,β-unsaturated ethylene group.

The reaction of benzaldehyde with malonic acid in presence of base like ammonia in ethanol yield in cinnamic acid.







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