The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Notes-Reactions of Ethyl Isobutenyl Ether

K Brannock

Index: Brannock,K.C. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1960 , vol. 25, p. 258 - 260

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Citation Number: 15

Abstract

Hydroformylation of ethyl isobutenyl ether gave two isomeric aldehydes. The major product was the expect, ed 2-ethoxy-3-methylbutyraldehyde. The minor product was 4-ethoxy-3- methylbutyraldehyde, which must have arisen from a rearrangement of the double bond of the isobutenyl group.