Electrochemical Fission of Vicinal Diketals to Orthoesters
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- 1 November 1972
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 50 (21) , 3424-3425
- https://doi.org/10.1139/v72-553
Abstract
Anodic methoxylation at a platinum electrode of α,α′-dimethoxystilbene yielded benzil tetramethylketal (2) which upon further electrolysis in methanol gave a 62% yield of trimethyl orthobenzoate. The mechanism of this new anodic fission reaction is briefly discussed.Keywords
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