Abstract
Phenylacetic acids are efficiently synthesized from acetophenones via thiomorpholides under Phase Transfer Catalytic (PTC) condition. The reaction proceeds efficiently by using triethyl benzyl ammonium chloride (TEBA) as PTC and the reaction time decreased dramatically upto 1/5th (24–5) to afford pure products in good to excellent yield.
Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank Dr. K. V. Raghavan, Director of IICT and Dr. B. M. Choudary, Head of the Division, for their encouragement.