Decomposition of Optically Active Diazo Compounds

Authors

Francis Earl Ray, Grinnell CollegeFollow
Martha G. Hemphill, Grinnell College

Document Type

Research

Abstract

In 1921, Levene and Mikeska, and in 1922, Noyes and Chiles prepared optically active esters in which the only possible asymmetric carbon was that doubly bound to diazo nitrogen. Due to this double bond being semipolar the nitrogen loses an electron to the carbon. The asymmetry of the carbon atom would result from the localization of this electron much the same as the localization of the ordinary bond is considered to cause asymmetry.

Publication Date

1930

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

37

Issue

1

First Page

235

Last Page

236

Copyright

©1930 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Ray, Francis Earl and Hemphill, Martha G. (1930) "Decomposition of Optically Active Diazo Compounds," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 37(1), 235-236.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol37/iss1/44