The Reaction of Ketenes with Grignard Reagents

CD Hurd, RN Jones, FH Blunck

Index: Hurd; Jones; Blunck Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1935 , vol. 57, p. 2033,2035

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Abstract

Diphenylketen e and phenylmagnesium bromide react'to produce a derivative of triphenylvinyl alcohol. With ketene2 itself, the course of the Grignard reaction has not been established because of the vigor and complexity of the process. Toward the dimer of dimethylketene, ethylmagnesium bromide3 adds to give the cyclic glycol in high yields