Perkin reaction
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The Perkin reaction is a chemical reaction developed by William Perkin that can be used to make cinnamic acids by the aldol condensation of aromatic aldehydes and acid anhydrides in the presence of an alkali salt of the acid.
[edit] References
- Perkin, W. H.; J. Chem. Soc. 1868, 21, 53, 181.
- Perkin, W. H.; J. Chem. Soc. 1877, 31, 388.
- Johnson, J. R.; Org. React. 1942, 1, 210.
- House, H. O. Modern Synthetic Reactions (W. A. Benjamin, Menlo Park, California, 2nd ed, 1972) pp 660-663.
- Rosen, T.; Comp. Org. Syn. 1991, 2, 395-408.
[edit] See also
- Stobbe condensation
