Blakley, R. L.2014-06-112014-06-111946http://hdl.handle.net/10092/9266http://dx.doi.org/10.26021/6058The condensation of ethyl β-chloro-α-methylcrotonate with the sodio-derivate of ethyl methyl malonate was attempted as part of a projected synthesis of αβγ-trimethylglutaconic acid, and to test a new general method for the synthesis of β-methyl-αγ-dialkylglutaconic acids.enCopyright R. L. BlakleyTheses / Dissertations