Acid-catalyzed isomerization of the butenyl acetates

AF Diaz, WG Young, HE Green

Index: Young,W.G. et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1971 , vol. 93, # 19 p. 4782 - 4787

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Abstract

Abstract: The rates of the acid-catalyzed isomerization of cis-and trans-crotyl and a- methylallyl acetates and their equilibrium ratios have been determined in acetic acid at several temperatures. In addition, the acid-catalyzed rate of loss of optical activity of a- methylallyl acetate in acetic acid was studied at two perchloric acid concentrations. The results are interpreted in terms of a carbonium ion mechanism which involves cis-and ...