Preparation and Cyclization of Certain Insecticidally Active α-Acetyl-δ-keto Esters

H Wachs, OF Hedenburg

Index: Hedenburg; Wachs Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1948 , vol. 70, p. 2216

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Abstract

2~~ 7Tridecy14, 6, 7~ uimethyl-5-hydroxycoumaron (IX, R= nrClaH27).-The diketone VI11 (560 mg.) was warmed-, the steam-bath for one hour with aqueous sodium hy-&oxide (1 N, 20 cc.) in an atmosphere of nitrogen.(When air was allowed to come into contact with the re- action mixtuke, the product was a red oil which could not Be crystallized.) The cooled mixture was acidified with hydrochloric acid and then steam-distilled. From the distillate' ...