Journal of the American Chemical Society

Condensation of Ortho Esters with Acetoacetic Ester and Malonic Ester

PPT Sah

Index: Sah Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1931 , vol. 53, p. 1837

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Abstract

The condensation of ortho-formic ester with compounds containing a reactive methylene group between two carbonyl groups, such as acetoacetic ester, malonic ester, acetylacetone, etc., was a classical piece of work of Claisen, 2 who compared the analogy of this type of condensation to the formation of acetoacetic ester