Once more to the oxidation of ethylbenzene, which I want to oxidize to phenyl acetic acid. I need a substituted phenyl acetic acid, which I can not buy. For this reason, the question, if anyone know a method of the above mentioned reaction. Thank you Cornelia Pithart __________________ ORGLIST - Organic Chemistry Mailing List Website and Archive: http://www.orglist.net/ List coordinator: Joao Aires de Sousa (jas@mail.fct.unl.pt)