The Condensation of Paraformaldehyde with Acetomesitylene

RC Fuson, CH McKeever

Index: Fuson; McKeever Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1940 , vol. 62, p. 999

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Abstract

When acetomesitylene is condensed with paraformaldehyde in the presence of potassium carbonate and methanol the principal product is a liquid which was identified as the monomethylol derivative (I). Treatment with hydrcxhloric acid converted this compound into a substance which was thought to be the corresponding chloride (11). 2 However, subsequent work showed that these structures were open to question. The methylol ...