The Acetoacetic Ester Condensation. VI. A Study of the Mechanism of the Reaction

RFB Cox, EH Kroeker, SM McElvain

Index: Cox; Kroeker; McElvain Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1934 , vol. 56, p. 1177

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Abstract

Summary Ethyl a-carbethoxy-a'-isobutyryl-/3-phenylglu-tarate has been prepared by the addition of ethyl isobutyrylacetate to benzalmalonic ester and also by the addition of malonic ester to ethyl a-isobutyryl cinnamate. Some data on the relative rate and retrogression of the Michael re-action are presented and discussed.