The intramolecular Cannizzaro reaction of phthalaldehyde
- 1 April 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 59 (7) , 1061-1067
- https://doi.org/10.1139/v81-157
Abstract
Phthalaldehyde undergoes an intramolecular Cannizzaro reaction in aqueous base to produce the o-hydroxymethylbenzoate ion. The kinetics of the reaction have been measured over a range of sodium hydroxide concentration at 40 °C. The reaction is considerably slower than that of the analogous reaction of phenylglyoxal since it proceeds exclusively via the cyclic hydrate dianion which must undergo a very unfavorable ring opening before internal hydride transfer can occur.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The C annizzaro ReactionPublished by Wiley ,2011