The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Notes-Thermal Decarboxylation of Diaryl Fumarates to Stilbenes

S Spatz

Index: Spatz,S.M. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1961 , vol. 26, p. 4158 - 4161

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Abstract

Recently, Miller and Teeter3 reported the formation of 1-butene, 1-butanol, and carbon dioxide from the thermal decomposition of either dibutyl maleate or dibutyl fumarate. These workers were unable to detect insolable quantities of 5-decene, which product could be expected by analogy to the Anschiitz reaction. It is therefore likely that the thermal decompositions of dialkyl and diaryl esters proceed by substantially different mechanisms. ...