CLAISEN REACTION)

Claisen Condensation Reaction using Examples, Intramolecular Claisen Reaction|| HalOForm Reactions (ChlorOForm, BromOForm, IodOForm)||IodOForm Test and Examples|| Alpha-Halogenation (acidic medium) and Examples

Claisen Ester Condensation || Dieckmann's Cyclization || Cannizzaro Reaction

(a) Give the Claisen ester condensation product of ethyl butanoate. (b) Why does the Claisen ester condensation of ethyl-2-methyl propanoate (I) not take place ? ( c) Why does Claisen condensation of (I) take place by the use of Ph_3 C^(Ө) Na^(oplus) as a base ?

Phenol-Introduction and Methods OF Preparation|| Dow's Process, Sodalime Decarboxylation, Diazotisation, Fenton's Reagent, Fries & Claisen Rearrangement|| Properties OF Phenol, EAS, Reimer Tiemann & Kolbe's Reactions|| Friedel Craft Alkylation and Acylation

Assertion: Esters which contain alpha- hydrogens undergo Claisen condensation. Reason : LiAIH_(4) reduction of esters gives acids