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Flash Vacuum Thermolysis of 1,3-Dioxolan-4-ones
Cameron, Tim B.,El-Kabbani, Fiesal M.,Pinnick, Harold W.
, p. 5414 - 5417 (2007/10/02)
Flash vacuum thermolysis of 1,3-dioxolane-4-ones yields aldehydes and ketones as the major products as the result of apparent decarboxylation of α lactones formed by collapse of a 1,3 dipole.When phenyl substituents are present, epoxides are also formed via the intermediacy of a carbonyl ylide.