... XVIII. The Acylation of the Anions of Certain Esters with Ethyl Carbonate BY CHARLES R. HAUSER, B. ABRAMOVITCH AND JOE T. XDAMS The acylation of organic esters having two a-hydrogens with alkyl carbonates in the pres- ence of sodium or potassium alkoxides has been developed by Wallingford and co-workers' for the convenient production of malonic esters. ... 94-95'). (6) Norris and Rigby, THIS JOURNAL, 64, 2097 (1932). ...