Journal of the American Chemical Society

Decarboxylation of α-Substituted Glycidic Acids

NK Nelson, HH Morris

Index: Nelson; Morris Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1953 , vol. 75, p. 3337

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Abstract

Glycidic acids containing a-methyl or ethyl groups yield ketones on decarboxylation. One would expect other a-substituted glycidic acids to react similarly. However, Darzens3 reported that aldehydes were obtained from the decarboxylation of several substituted glycidic acids containing an-decyl groups. It was stated that the pyrolysis products gave positive aldehyde color reactions and that a migration of the decyl group must have taken ...