Model experiments implicate a benzoquinoneketene intermediate in LCP synthesis by Jeffrey M. Robertson and colleagues (source code)

= Model experiments implicate a benzoquinoneketene intermediate in LCP synthesis by Jeffrey M. Robertson and colleagues
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https://doi.org/10.1021/ma201105q

Model hydroxybenzoyl <ester> reactions support E1cB fragmentation to a <quinoid ketene>, including trapping by secondary amines.