Kekule prepared it from quinone
2007-02-17 05:03:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
not sure about trichloroacetylacrylic acid but acetylacrylic acid is, or forms part of, the poison in the Clematis flower.
this link from wiki tells you a bit about quinone:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinone
and here's a bit about kekule:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kekule
2007-02-17 05:33:57 · answer #1 · answered by dave a 5 · 0⤊ 8⤋
CCl3-C=O-CH=CHC=OOH is the best representation I can give you. It occurs in both cis and trans forms, but Kekule's from quinone is probably the cis- form.
The structure of the non-chlorinated compound can be found at the site below (see Table 1, Figure E) :
2007-02-17 13:51:47 · answer #2 · answered by Richard 7 · 10⤊ 0⤋
Don't have a clue but it's not all one word. It's trichloro acetyl acrylic acid.
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2007-02-17 15:34:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋