Water → 2-Phenylethanol

HRID 2239211Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2239211 reaction equation
[C:1]([C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=1)(=O)[CH3:2].[OH2:10]>>[C:4]1([CH2:1][CH2:2][OH:10])[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=1

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 962WaterHCID 7410Acetophenone

Product 1

HCID 60542-PhenylethanolYield 50%

Procedure

Acetophenone (120 mg, 1 mmol) was reacted with yeast (5 g) and water (5 ml) according to method I. The product was obtained in 50% yield. Reaction according to Method II gave the product in 52% yield.

Workup

  1. customThe product was obtained in 50% yield
  2. customReaction
  3. customgave the product in 52% yield

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-296810ee72394c7b9169281e060906af
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2010_05
Patent number
US07723065B2

Reaction notes

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