The Reaction of Crotonic Acid with Aldehydes Using Lithium Naphthalenide
- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Israel Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 12 (5) , 971-976
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ijch.197400090
Abstract
Lithium naphthalenide reacts with crotonic acid in the presence of diethylamine to give an allylic anion of lithium crotonate. The reaction of the anion with various aldehydes gives a mixture of α and γ adducts.Keywords
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