An investigation into the mechanism of the optical resolution of "normal" -αγ-dimethyl-glutaconic acid by means of strychnine and the racemising action of acids and alkalis on the active acid

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McCombs, Terence Henderson
Date
1938Permanent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8585Thesis Discipline
ChemistryDegree Grantor
University of CanterburyDegree Level
MastersDegree Name
Master of ScienceThe glutaconic acids are a group of unsaturated dibasic acids in which both geometrical isomerism and tautomeric mobility are found. The mobility is associated with a three-carbon system activated by two terminal carboxyl groups.