Journal of the American Chemical Society

Studies on Unsaturated 1, 4-Dicarbonyl Compounds. VIII. Some New Derivatives of Dimethylfumaric Acid

RE Lutz, RJ Taylor

Index: Lutz; Taylor Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1933 , vol. 55, p. 1585,1591

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Abstract

In the course of a number of experiments we have found also that both of the diesters and the monomethyl acid ester undergo rearrangement during hydrolysis in alcohol in which the water content is minimized; but invariably in dilute alcohol containing as much as 40% of water, nearly quantitative yields of dimethylfumaric acid are obtained with no detectable amounts of inversion or addition products. These rearrangements must occur during ...