The reactivity of atoms and groups in organic compounds. XII. The preparation and properties of mixed aliphatic ethers with special reference to those containing the …

JF Norris, GW Rigby

Index: Norris; Rigby Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1932 , vol. 54, p. 2098

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Abstract

The influence of structure on the lability of bonds in organic molecules is shown in a marked degree by compounds which contain a tertiary radical. For example, the tert.-butyl alcohol reacts with concentrated hydrochloric acid over 200,000 times as rapidly as does n-butyl alcohol. It seemed of interest, therefore, to determine whether or not the facts accumulated in connection with the study of the lability of the carbonoxygen and of the hydrogen-oxygen ...