
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dibbens, JA 
A1  - Prager, RH 
A1  - Schiesser, CH 
A1  - Wells, AJ 
T1  - The Chemistry of Phthalide-3-carboxylic Acid. II. Decarboxylation of Salts in the Presence of Aldehydes
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1985
VL  - 38
IS  - 6
SP  - 913
EP  - 920
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9850913 
N2  - Salts of phthalide-3-carboxylic acid decarboxylate in the presence of aromatic aldehydes to give mixtures of the 3-( arylhydroxymethyl ) phthalide (2) and the 2-aryl-3-hydroxyindenone (3). The former may be obtained exclusively in the presence of the weak proton donor, triethyl (2-phenylethyl)ammonium chloride, and the latter in the presence of crown ethers or after longer reaction times. A study of the effect of different cations allows a mechanism to be deduced. 
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