HCID 12565700, compound → Acetic acid, alpha-(p-(3-indanon-1-yl)phenyl)-

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Polyphosphoric acid (1 kg) was stirred and heated to 95°-100° C. and β-phenyl-p-(carboxymethyl)-hydrocinnamic acid (0.48 mol) added over 10 minutes. The mixture was stirred for 1/2 hour and poured into ice and H2O; the title product was continuously extracted with CHCl3 and recrystallised from ether, m.p. 151° C.

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