The Addition of Methyl Hypochlorite to Phenylacetylene

EL Jackson

Index: Jackson Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1934 , vol. 56, p. 977

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Citation Number: 11

Abstract

The reaction of ethyl hypochlorite with phenylacetylene in carbon tetrachloride solution was shown by Goldschmidt, Endres and Dirsch'to yield only w, w-dichloroacetophenone which apparently resulted from the addition of hypochlorous acid to the triple bond of the unsaturated compound. The intermediate formation of the diethyl ketal by the addition of ethyl hypochlo-, rite, however, was considered possible, but the easy hydrolysis of. the ...