Journal of the American Chemical Society

Mechanism of the Reaction between Hindered Carbonyl Compounds and the Grignard Reagent. II1

RT Arnold, RW Liggett

Index: Arnold; Liggett Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1942 , vol. 64, p. 2875

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Citation Number: 13

Abstract

\ O-R'abnormally by the Grignard reagent if in R-there are substituents which sterically hinder additions to the carbonyl group of the ester, and if R'-is of such a nature that it has considerable thermodynamic stability as a cation (R'+). The general reaction between such an ester and the Grignard reagent can be expressed by the equation