Journal of the American Chemical Society

The carbanion mechanism (ElcB) of ester hydrolysis. III. Some structure-reactivity studies and the ketene intermediate

RF Pratt, TC Bruice

Index: Pratt,R.F.; Bruice,T.C. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1970 , vol. 92, p. 5956 - 5964

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Abstract

Abstract: The hydrolyses of carboxylic acid esters I-XVII have been studied kinetically in order to further establish the ElcB mechanism as an acyl transfer path for esters. The principal feature of this mechanism is elimination of the leaving group from the carbanion ...