The preparation of 2-ethoxy-4,5-diphenyl-1,3-dioxole and its conversion into diphenylethyne and diphenylketen
- 1 January 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications
- No. 4,p. 206
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c29700000206
Abstract
The acid-catalysed reaction of benzoin with ethyl orthoformate yields 2-ethoxy-4,5-diphenyl-1,3-dioxole which on pyrolysis in the presence of a carboxylic acid forms diphenylethyne: pyrolysis under reduced pressure of the compound alone forms diphenylethyne and diphenylketen.Keywords
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