benzoic acid convert into phenyl acetic acid
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The new carbon is inserted adjacent to the carboxyl group of the starting carboxylic acid. In this Arndt-Eistert reaction, benzoic acid (PhCO2H) is converted into phenylacetic acid (PhCH2CO2H) by insertion of a methylene group between the benzene ring and carboxyl group of benzoic acid.
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