Benzyl cinnamate, hydrolysis

Kinetic studies of the alkaline hydrolysis of dimethyl and diethyl phthalate, ethyl benzoate, benzyl cinnamate, and diethyl malonate at 298-313 K in aqueous dioxane were reported. Activation parameters were determined for the alkaline hydrolysis of ethyl octanoate in various mixtures of PrOH-water."... 

Hydrocirinamic acid has been prepared by the reduction of cinnamic add with sodium amalgam,1 with hydriodic acid at ioo°,2 and with phosphorus and hydriodic acid 3 by the action of potassium cyanide on /3-phenylethyl chloride followed by hydrolysis 4 by the add hydrolysis of benzyl-acetoacetic ester 5 and by several other methods of no preparative value. It has also been prepared electrolytically by the reduction of cinnamic add in alkaline solution on cathodes of lead 8 and mercury.9... 

Damen and Neckers (111) were more successful in this respect. They also used cyclobutane derivatives and copolymerized the bis(vinylbenzyl)ester of a-truxillic acid, 3 truxinic acid, and 6-truxinic acid. After removing the template, trans-cinnamic acid was bound to each pair of benzyl alcohols in a cavity. Irradiation of the polymers yielded dimerization of the trans-cinnamic acid. Table VIII shows the composition of the products from hydrolysis of the polymers. 

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