Alkyl Carbonates in Synthetic Chemistry. V. Alkyl Carbonates as Solvents for Metalation and Alkylation Reactions1

VH Wallingford, MA Thorpe…

Index: Wallingford; Thorpe; Homeyer Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1942 , vol. 64, p. 581

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Abstract

Summary A method is described for the successful use of alkyl carbonates as alkylating agents. It has been applied to a variety of mono-substituted malonic esters for the introduction of primary alkyl and benzyl groups. Several new malonic esters have been prepared.