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26.4.2024

Data bank of environmental properties of chemicals


Chemical
Cinnamic acid
CAS-number :
621-82-9
 
Synonyms :
2-Propenoic acid, 3-phenyl-
3-phenylpropenoic acid
Betha-phenylacrylic acid
cinnamylicacid.
 
Sumformula of the chemical :
C9H8O2
EINECS-number :
2107083
 
Uses :
Medicine (anthelmintic), perfumes, intermediate.
 
State and appearance :
White, crystalline scales.
 
Boiling point, °C :
300 
 
pKa :
4.2  about 4.2, Sangster 1989
 
Log octanol/water coefficient, log Pow :
2.1  ANON 1986
2.25  Sangster 1989
 
Other physicochemical properties :
Soluble in benzene, ether, acetone, glacial acetic acid, carbon
disulfide, oils; insoluble in water.

References
2283Anon.1986a. Evaluation of the OECD laboratory intercomparison testing on the determination of the partition coefficient n-octanol-water by reverse phase HPLC. Report. Fraunhofer-Institut für Umweltchemie und Ökotoxikologie.
3104Sangster, J. 1989. Octanol-water partition coefficients of simple organic compounds. J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Vol 18, No. 3: 1111 - 1229.

 
 
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