Catalytic Decomposition of Carbonate Esters of 1, 3-Diols1, 2

S Searles, DG Hummel, S Nukina…

Index: Searles,S. et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1960 , vol. 82, p. 2928 - 2931

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Abstract

Carbonates of 2, 2-dialkyl-1, 3-diols, thermally stable by themselves, can be decomposed in guod yield to 3, ll-tiialk! lilsctaiies atid carbon dioxide by heating in the presence of a basic catalyst, such as potassium cyanide or potassiuni carbonate. Twenty bases of various types were investigated as catalysts. If there is a hydrogen atom on the carbon atom between the cnrl~ inol groups of the l, a-diol, the carbonate ester decomposes principally to an allylic ...