746. Polyene acids. Part II. The stereochemistry of the β-methylmuconic acids

JA Elvidge, RP Linstead, P Sims

Index: Elvidge et al. Journal of the Chemical Society, 1951 , p. 3386,3393,3397

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Citation Number: 11

Abstract

The preparation, by Pauly et al., of y-carboxymethyl-P-methyl-Aa-butenolide (I) from 3-nitro-fi- cresol and sulphuric acid, and the isomerisation of the derived lactonic ester (11) with sodium alkoxide to a p-methylmuconic halfester (111) have been re-investigated. The