STERIC RELATIONS IN THE ACYLATION OF AROMATIC AMINES AND AMINOPHENOLS

LC Raiford, R Taft, HP Lankelma

Index: Raiford; Taft; Lankelma Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1924 , vol. 46, p. 2056

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Abstract

The behavior of aromatic amino compounds toward acylating agents has frequently bcen observed to exhibit steric hindrance'when the reaction is carried out in the direct way. It was long ago observed, however, that the acetylation of cellulose is accelerated2 by the addition of a small portion of concd. sulfuric acid to the reaction mixture; and later work3 has shown that any one of several concentrated acids may be used, and that the amino radical and ...