Kinetics and mechanism of the decomposition of α-acetoxy-α-methoxytoluene in aqueous solution
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 21,p. 871-873
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39760000871
Abstract
The rate-determining step in the hydrolysis of α-acetoxy-α-methoxytoluene in the pH range 3.69–6.27 is the decomposition of the intermediate benzaldehyde methyl hemiacetal which is general-acid and general-base catalysed.Keywords
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