The Trimerization of Vinyl Mesityl Ketone

RC Fuson, CH McKeever

Index: Fuson; McKeever Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1940 , vol. 62, p. 2088,2090

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Abstract

The polymerization of vinyl mesityl ketone was attempted in order to study the effect of steric hindrance on this type of reaction. Vinyl mesityl ketone was prepared from mesitylene and P- chloropropionyl chloride by the Friedel-Crafts method. Apparently the P- chloropropiomesitylene which might have been expected spontaneously lost hydrogen chloride. The vinyl ketone absorbed bromine to give a dibromide from which it could be ...