ISSN:
0018-019X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Lactam formation from glutamic acid diesters is subject to catalysis by carbo-xylic acids in general and to base catalysis in alcohols. Kinetic measurements prove that catalysis by carboxylic acids is based on a push-pull mechanism provoked by the undissociated acid molecule and that the base catalysed reaction is due to the alcoholate anion and is therefore absent in aprotic solvents. Carboxylic acids exhibit catalysis as well as - at higher concentration - inhibition.
Additional Material:
11 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19630460439