Ketonization of the remarkably strongly acidic elongated enol generated by flash photolytic decarboxylation of p-benzoylphenylacetic acid in aqueous solution

Yvonne Chiang; A. Jerry Kresge; Ikenna Onyido; John P. Richard; Peter Wan; Musheng Xu

doi:10.1039/b506706e

Ketonization of the remarkably strongly acidic elongated enol generated by flash photolytic decarboxylation of p-benzoylphenylacetic acid in aqueous solution

Yvonne Chiang
, A. Jerry Kresge
, Ikenna Onyido
, John P. Richard
, Peter Wan
, Musheng Xu

Chemistry

University of Toronto
University of Victoria BC

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Abstract

Photodecarboxylation of p-benzoylphenylacetic acid in aqueous solution produces the elongated enol 5, whose strength as an oxygen acid (pQ _a^E 7.67) makes it more acidic than simple enol analogs by several orders of magnitude.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4231-4233
Number of pages	3
Journal	Chemical Communications
Issue number	33
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/b506706e
State	Published - Sep 7 2005

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Ketonization of the remarkably strongly acidic elongated enol generated by flash photolytic decarboxylation of p-benzoylphenylacetic acid in aqueous solution

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