Cinnamic Acid

Applications Cinnamic Acid is rac-form of trans-Cinnamic Acid (P336185) which is used in the synthesis of amides and esters through coupling reactions involving carboxylic acids and amines and N-methylation of amides and O-methylation of carboxylic acids. References Kunishima, M. et al.: Tetrahedron, 55, 13159 (1999); Xia, Q. et al.: Org. Lett., 15, 3326 (2013);