Decomposition of malonic anhydrides

CL Perrin, A Flach, MN Manalo

Index: Perrin, Charles L.; Flach, Agnes; Manalo, Marlon N. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012 , vol. 134, # 23 p. 9698 - 9707

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Abstract

Malonic anhydrides decompose at or below room temperature, to form a ketene and carbon dioxide. Rate constants for the thermal decomposition of malonic, methylmalonic, and dimethylmalonic anhydrides were measured by NMR spectroscopy at various temperatures, and activation parameters were evaluated from the temperature dependence of the rate constants. Methylmalonic anhydride is the fastest, with the lowest Δ H⧧, and ...