The Conversion of Carboxylic Acids to Ketones: A Repeated Discovery.

Nicholson, John W.; Wilson, Alan D.

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The Conversion of Carboxylic Acids to Ketones: A Repeated Discovery

Nicholson, John W.; Wilson, Alan D.

Journal of Chemical Education, v81 n9 p1362-1366 Sep 2004

The conversion of carboxylic acids to ketones is a useful chemical transformation with a long history. Several chemists have claimed that they discovered the conversion of carboxylic acids to ketones yet in fact the reaction is actually known for centuries.

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