Phenylmethylglycidic ester

PHENYLMETHYLGLYCIDIC ESTER (Glycidic acid, (3-methyl-(J-phenyl-, ethyl ester)... 

Hydratropaldehyde has been prepared by hydrolysis of phenylmethylglycidic ester,2 3 4 by chromyl chloride oxidation of cumene,5 by the elimination of halogen acid or water from halohydrins or glycols,5 8 and by the distillation at ordinary pressure of methylphenylethylene oxide.9,10... 

An alcoholic solution of sodium ethoxide is prepared in a 1-1. round-bottomed flask from 15.5 g. (0.67 gram atom) of sodium and 300 ml. of absolute ethanol (Note 1). One hundred thirty-three grams (0.64 mole) of phenylmethylglycidic ester (p. 82) is then added to this solution slowly and with shaking. The flask is then cooled externally to 15°, and 15 ml. of water is slowly added considerable heat is evolved, and the sodium salt soon begins to separate. After the mixture has stood overnight, the salt is filtered by suction and rinsed with one 50-ml. portion of alcohol and a similar amount of ether. The dried salt weighs 102-108 g. (80-85%) and melts at 255-256° with decomposition. 

Other reactions. The Darzens condensation, for example of acetophenone with ethyl chloroacetate to produce phenylmethylglycidic ester, was carried out... 

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