The Action of Aluminum Chloride on n-Butylbenzene

RE Kinney, LA Hamilton

Index: Kinney; Hamilton Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1954 , vol. 76, p. 786

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Citation Number: 11

Abstract

It has long been known that the alkaline hydrolysis of 2, 6-disubstituted benzoates is extremely slow. This has been ascribed to steric hindrance. s We thought it of interest to study the effect of various groups in the 4-position in such cases and report here on the alkaline hydrolysis of methyl 4-~-2, 6-dimethylbenzoates where x is hydrogen, methyl, bromine, nitro and amino. The hydrolyses were conveniently measured at temperatures ...