Journal of the American Chemical Society

The Condensation of Ketones by Aluminum t-Butoxide to Compounds of the Mesityl Oxide Type

W Wayne, H Adkins

Index: Wayne; Adkins Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1940 , vol. 62, p. 3402

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Citation Number: 13

Abstract

Reagents which have been used on ketones to yield mesityl oxide type condensation products include sodium eth~ xide,~ hydrogen halides, 6 aluminum halides, 6 calcium h~ dride,~ calcium carbideJ8 diethyl zinc, ga mixture of zinc chloride and acetyl chloride, lo sulfuric acid, ll potassium hydroxide, l2 phosphorus pentachloride, la triphenylaluminum, G sodium, l4 and alumina.'b Bromomagnesium aminesJ16 bromomagnesium alkoxides, 17 ...