HYDROLYSIS AND POLYMERIZATION OF CYCLIC DIMETHYLETHYLENE OXALATES

Autor:	R. W. Watson, L. G. Ripley
Rok vydání:	1951
Předmět:	Hydrolysis Macrocrystalline chemistry.chemical_compound Polymerization Chemistry Vacuum distillation Organic Chemistry Organic chemistry General Chemistry Catalysis Oxalate
Zdroj:	Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 29:970-973
ISSN:	1480-3291 0008-4042
DOI:	10.1139/v51-113
Popis:	Macrocrystalline cyclic oxalates (2,3-dimethyl-5-6-p-dioxanediones) were prepared by vacuum distillation of the polymeric mixture formed on heating ethyl oxalate, and 1, 2-dimethylethylene glycol with an ester-interchange catalyst. Monomeric dimethylethylene oxalate polymerizes less readily than propylene oxalate, and only at an elevated temperature in the presence of a catalyst. Dimethyl substitution therefore confers marked stability on the six-membered ring. Hydrolysis reaches 50% completion almost instantaneously, followed by a slow first order reaction resulting in complete cleavage of the monobasic acid in about one month at room temperature. Hydrolysis constants for the levo- and meso- oxalates are 0.069 and 0.076 days−1 respectively. The crystalline monomers do not possess sharp melting points and represent stereoisomeric mixtures which display optical activity in solution.
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