Australian Journal of Chemistry

The mechanism of lead tetraacetate decarboxylation. II. 2, 3, 3-Trimethylbutanoic and adamantane-2-carboxylic acids

ALJ Beckwith, RT Cross, GE Gream

Index: Beckwith,A.L.J. et al. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1974 , vol. 27, p. 1693 - 1710

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Abstract

Abstract Oxidative decarboxylation of 2, 3, 3-trimethylbutanoic acid with lead tetraacetate in benzene or acetic acid affords mainly 3, 3-dimethylbut-2-yl acetate; the major product from the cupric salt catalysed reaction is 3, 3-dimethylbut-1-ene. The low yields detected of rearrangement products provide evidence for the intermediacy of organolead and organocopper compounds which decompose by SN i displacement or cyclic cis- ...

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