The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Micellar catalysis of ester hydrolysis. Influence of chirality and head group structure in simple surfactants

RA Moss, WL Sunshine

Index: Moss,R.A.; Sunshine,W.L. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1974 , vol. 39, p. 1083 - 1089

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Citation Number: 77

Abstract

Results Synthesis. The substrates were d-, I-, and dl-p-nitrophenyl a-methoxyphenylacetate (I). Racemic or optically active mandelic acids were 0-methylated with dimethyl sulfate in aqueous sodium hydroxide solution; the methoxy acids were converted to the acid chlorides with oxalyl chloride, whereupon treatment with p-nitrophenol in toluene and pyridine afforded I. The d-and la-methoxy-fio