The Reaction of Carbalkoxycarbene with Saturated Hydrocarbons1

W von E. Doering, LH Knox

Index: Doering; Knox Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1956 , vol. 78, p. 4947,4950

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Abstract

In a previously unknown reaction, the photochemical decomposition of diazoacetic ester in saturated hydrocarbons RH leads to the formation of saturated esters, RCHZCOOR', in yields of 30-50% of theory based on diazoacetic ester. Cyclopentane and cyclohexane give the esters of cyclopentane-and cyclohexaneacetic acids, respectively. The reaction of n- pentane and methyl diazoacetate gives the methyl esters of 3-ethylpentanoic, 3- ...