Ketene Acetals. XX. The Preparation and Properties of Cyanoketene Acetals. Some Novel Benzylation Reactions

SM McElvain, JP Schroeder

Index: McElvain; Schroeder Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1949 , vol. 71, p. 47,52

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Abstract

In previous papers of this series benzylations of ketene diethylacetall (I) and various alkyl- and phenylketene dimethylacetals*(VII) with benzyl bromide were reported. In each of these alkylations the reaction proceeded to the formation of disubstituted acetic esters (VI and IX),;. e., the unsubstituted ketene acetal was dibenzylated, presumably through the intermediate ketene acetal IV (R= CaHsCH2), while the monosubstituted ketene acetals (VII, X is n- ...