Transacetalation of Methyl 9, 9-Dimethoxynonanoate

EH Pryde, DJ Moore, HM Teeter…

Index: Pryde,E.H. et al. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1964 , vol. 29, p. 2083 - 2085

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Abstract

VOL. 29 2084 NOTES only 1.6 times faster than the conversion of the dimethyl to the mixed acetal. The larger ratio of 30 for the corresponding two steps as described herein may be due to the greater steric effect of the hexyl group as compared to ethyl. The steric effect would cause the methyl hexyl acetal I1 to be less stable than the methyl ethyl acetal of acetaldehyde relative to their respective carbonium ions VI and CH3CHOEt+. Our results ...