Types of Reaction of Carboxylic Esters with Grignard Reagents1

…, PO Saperstein, JC Shivers

Index: Hauser; Saperstein; Shivers Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1948 , vol. 70, p. 606

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Abstract

A strong base such as the algide ion2 is capable of reacting with carboxylic esters at any of the four positions indicated by asterisks in the following general formula: at the carbonyl carbon, the a-hydrogen in the acyl portion, the a-carbon or the@-hydrogen in the alkoxy ...