Journal of the American Chemical Society

The Methanolysis of 3, 4-Epoxy-1-butene

PD Bartlett, SD Ross

Index: Bartlett; Ross Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1948 , vol. 70, p. 926

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Citation Number: 21

Abstract

(1) Pittsburgh Plate Glass Fellow, 1945-1946.(2) Kadesch, THIS JOURNAL, 68, 41 (1946). anolysis is the primary alcohol 2-methoxy-3-buten-1-01 (11) as reported by Kadesch, although its 3, 5-dinitrobenzoate melts at 75.5-76'and not at 107-109'. The alcohol is accompanied by a small amount of crotonaldehyde and by a larger amount of a dimolecular product, probably the 2-erythryl ether of 2-methoxy-3-buten-1-01 (VIII). The low-boiling ...