Kinetic and mechanistic studies on the rearrangement of 1-(substituted phenyl)-1,3-dimethoxy-2-propanones

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0008-6215(00)90539-1

The mechanism of rearrangement of 1-(substituted phenyl)-1,3-dimethoxy-2-propanones to give substituted benzylglyoxal dimethyl acetals (5) was studied by kinetic measurements, by the effects of acid catalysis, by rearrangements in the absence of acid and