Normal and Pseudo Esters of 2-Benzoylbenzoic Acid Types. III

MS Newman, CW Muth

Index: Newman; Muth Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1950 , vol. 72, p. 5191 Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1951 , vol. 73, p. 4629

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Abstract

The impetus for the work herein reported arose from the observation that 2-benzoyl-1- naphthoic acid2 formed the pseudo methyl ester on esterification by the Fischer-Speier method whereas 2-benzoylbenzoic acid had been shown to form entirely the normal ester under similar conditions.