Kinetics and mechanism of thermal decomposition of phenylmalonic acids and esters in dimethyl sulphoxide

Abstract
Rates of decarboxylation are reported for several phenylmalonic acids and esters in dimethyl sulphoxide at 55·4°. Only those compounds bearing at least one carboxylic proton are labile which establishes that intramolecular proton transfer is an integral part of the reaction mechanism.

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