Journal of the American Chemical Society

The Reaction between Duroquinone and Sodium Malonic Ester. III. Reduction Products1

LI Smith, RO Denyes

Index: Smith; Denyes Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1936 , vol. 58, p. 304,306

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Abstract

This product resulted from the union of one molecule of each of the reactants, accompanied by the loss of a molecule of alcohol and two hydrogen atoms. The substance and all of its derivatives which contained the free hydroxyl group were bright yellow; those derivatives in which the hydroxyl group was acetylated or methylated were colorless. Because of the loss of color which resulted when the hydroxyl group was fixed by methylation or acetylation, ...