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A Stable Methyleneketene and the Stepwise Fragmentation of Meldrum's Acids
Lorencak, Primoz,Pommelet, J. C.,Chuche, Josselin,Wentrup, Curt
, p. 369 - 370 (1986)
Mild flash vacuum pyrolysis of the Meldrum's acid derivative (3) gives the first example of a methylenemalonic anhydride (4), which decarboxylates in solution to give the first isolable methyleneketene (5); the structures are supported by (13)C n.m.r. spectra and chemical reactions.
