Factors Influencing the Direction of Elimination in Ester Pyrolyses

RA Benkeser, JJ Hazdra…

Index: Benkeser et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1959 , vol. 81, p. 5374,5376

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Abstract

A series of structurally related alcohols of the general formula RCH~ CHOHCH~ CHZ were pyrolyzed oia their xanthate (Chugaev reaction) and acetate esters. The R group was made to vary systematically from methyl to ethyl, isopropyl and t-butyl. The relative amount of each was determined by vapor phase chromatography. It was found that as R varied from methyl to t-butyl, the relative proportion of that olefin isomer which contained the double bond ...