Journal of the Chemical Society C: Organic

The elimination of carbon monoxide from acid derivatives. Part III. Planar carbonium ions as necessary intermediates

DG Pratt, E Rothstein

Index: Pratt,D.G.; Rothstein,E. Journal of the Chemical Society [Section] C: Organic, 1968 , p. 2548 - 2554

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Abstract

Elimination of carbon monoxide from acid chlorides by the Friedel-Crafts reaction is precluded if the resulting carbonium ions are restricted to non-planar geometry by bicyclic or other structures with a rigid molecular framework. In such cases the normal ketones are obtained.