Catalysis in Organic Chemistry. V. Decompositions of Esters and Acids by Anhydrous Zinc Chloride1

HW Underwood Jr, OL Baril

Index: Underwood; Baril Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1935 , vol. 57, p. 2729

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Abstract

The catalytic decomposition of esters and acids by anhydrous zinc chloride has been described in previous papers2 The transformations observed were represented by three different types of decomposition which involved the elimination of an aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon or carbon dioxide or both. In order to substantiate these results, additional experiments of a similar nature were performed, from which the following regularities and ...