The reaction of triphenylmethylsodium with esters of α, β-unsaturated acids

WD McPhee, EG Lindstrom

Index: McPhee; Lindstrom Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1943 , vol. 65, p. 2177,2180

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Abstract

The use of triphenylmethylsodium has become an important method in synthetic chemistry.'The reagent has the ability of forming rather rapidly the sodium salts of the enol forms of most esters which have enolizable hydrogen atoms.'It is a more powerful agent than sodium or potassium ethoxide, being capable of forming sodium eno-lates of esters that are unaffected by these reagents) such as ethyl isobutyrate and ethyl isovalerate. 2