Alkylcyanopyruvic Esters from Aliphatic Nitriles

GS Skinner, JH Taylor, JL Ernst

Index: Skinner; Taylor; Ernst Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1944 , vol. 66, p. 497

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Abstract

Summary 1. Satisfactory methods have been developed for converting lactic acid into a- acetoxypropionyl chloride, phenyl a-acetoxypropionate and o-tolyl a-acetoxypropionate. Pyrolysis of the phenyl and o-tolyl esters of acetoxypropionic acid yielded phenyl and o-tolyl acrylate, respectively. Styrene also was formed in the pyrolysis of phenyl acetoxypropionate.