Journal of the American Chemical Society

ALKYL CYANOACETIC ACIDS.

JC Hessler

Index: Hessler Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1916 , vol. 38, p. 911

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Citation Number: 5

Abstract

This paper describes work done, under the writer's direction, by three students, Mr. Thomas B. Magath, Mr. Fred F. Joel, and Miss Margaret C. Hessler. It includes the preparation of several new alkyl cyanoacetic acids, their salts and other derivatives. In this work caustic potash dissolved in methyl alcohol has been used for the saponification of the dialkyl cyanoacetic esters, with excellent results. Finally there is given a description of the ...