A Simple, Convenient Synthesis of 4,4-Dimethyl-1,3-Cyclohexanedione
- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 14 (8) , 731-736
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397918408059588
Abstract
Methyl propenoate and 3-Methyl-2-butanone react together in xylene in the presence of sodium methoxide to give a high yield of the title compound.Keywords
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