Journal of the American Chemical Society

Condensations of aldehydes with resorcinol and some other aromatic hydroxy compounds

RN Sen, NN Sinha

Index: Sen; Sinha Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1923 , vol. 45, p. 2993

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Citation Number: 14

Abstract

The author wishes to express her appreciation to Professor Treat B. Johnson and to Dr. Oskar Baudisch for their suggestions and criticisms during the progress of this work. Summary 1. The mild conditions under which uric acid is oxidized are emphasized. 2. The extent of cleavage of uric acid by means of complex iron salts is shown. 3. No mechanism is suggested, but it is demonstrated that an inter- mediate compound must be formed because the very ...