Journal of the American Chemical Society

The formation of enolates from lactonic esters

A Michael, N Weiner

Index: Michael; Weiner Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1936 , vol. 58, p. 999,1002

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Abstract

I 0-I co I I+ co contrast to the result with a-carboxybutyrolactone, which gave y-butyrolactone in yield of only 50%.'However, the main difficulty lies in the complete miscibility of those compounds with water, which may be overcome by the use of a continuous ether extractor for a long period, when a nearly quantitative yield of y-butyrolactone was obtained.