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β-Dicarbonyl compounds

Communication 13. Chemical properties of Meldrum's acid

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Meldrum's acid reacts like 1,3-cyclohexanedione with nitrous acid and formaldehyde. Unlike 1,3-cyclohexanedione, Meldrum's acid does not form derivatives of the enol form under the action of moist ethereal diazomethane and of piperidine.

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  1. N. D. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences, USSR

    S. I. Zav'yalov

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The author is deeply grateful to T. M. Fadeeva for the spectrum investigations.

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Zav'yalov, S.I. β-Dicarbonyl compounds. Russ Chem Bull 10, 2042–2045 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01182951

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