o-Carbonyl-assisted alkaline hydrolyses of methyl benzoates

MS Newman, AL Leegwater

Index: Newman,M.S.; Leegwater,A.L. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1968 , vol. 90, p. 4410 - 4413

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Abstract

Abstract: The rates of alkaline hydrolysis of methyl 6-methyl-2-benzoylbenzoate, methyl 6- methyl-2-acetylbenzoate, methyl 6-chloro-2-benzoylbenzoate, methyl 6-chloro-2- acetylbenzoate, and the 6-unsubstituted analogs have been measured. The rates are reported in Table 11. In each case the 6-substituted esters hydrolyze at rates greater than do the corresponding unsubstituted esters. The results are explained by assuming a rate- ...