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Tropic acid
Tropic
acid
is a
chemical
with
IUPAC name
3-hydroxy-2-phenylpropanoic acid and
condensed structural formula
HOCH
2
CHPhCOOH. It is a
laboratory reagent
used in the
chemical synthesis
of
atropine
and
hyoscyamine
. Tropic acid is a
chiral
substance
,
existing
as either a
racemic mixture
or as a
single enantiomer
.
Synthesis
Prepn: