Ethyl Cinnamate

Applications Ethyl Cinnamate, is used in the preparation of polymer-encapsulated osmonium used as a catalyst for the dihydroxylation of alkenes and preparation of a camptothecin intermediate, anticancer drug. Also used in the synthesis of substrate specific ERK1/2 inhibitors used to induce apoptosis and inhibit cell proliferation. References Akiyama, R. et al.: RSC Adv., 2, 7456 (2012); Li, Q. et al.: Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 19, 6042 (2009);