Benzaldehyde → 2-Propenoic acid, 3-phenyl-

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Benzaldehyde (10 g, 94 mmol), malonic acid (2 eq.), and piperidine (0.1 eq.) were dissolved in pyridine (5 eq.) and stirred at 80° C. for 5 hours. After completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture was cooled down to the room temperature and neutralized with 3M HCl. The white solid thus obtained was filtered out and dried in a vacuum oven to yield cinnamic acid.

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