A NEW METHOD OF PREPARING ACETALS

JA Nieuwland, RR Vogt, WL Foohey

Index: Nieuwland; Vogt; Foohey Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1930 , vol. 52, p. 1022

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Citation Number: 27

Abstract

Boron and silicon fluorides react readily with methyl or ethyl alcohols, forming heavy, fuming, almost colorless, and strongly acid liquids. These solutions have been studied by Liebig and Wohler,'W. Knop, 2 Gay-Lussac and ThCnardJ3 K~ hlman,~ and V. Gasselin. 6 Due, however, to the complexity of the mixtures and to the instability of the compounds when isolated, the acids present have never been definitely identified. By distilling a solution of ...