## Abstract Sodium cyanide in hexamethylphosphoric triamide selectively cleaves methyl esters in the presence of ethyl esters with yields of __ca.__ 80%. The mechanism of the reaction has been investigated. It consists of nucleophilic displacement by cyanide of the carboxylate ion from the alcohol
Reactions of Carboxylic Esters
✍ Scribed by BALFE, M. P.; KENYON, J.
- Book ID
- 109536831
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1941
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 126 KB
- Volume
- 148
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/148196a0
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