Rosenberg, Earle Harold2016-07-082016-07-0819531953b14793520https://hdl.handle.net/2144/16960Thesis (M.A.)--Boston UniversityThe mechanism of the Doebner modification of the Knoevenagel reaction has been assumed by many authors (see thesis) to proceed through an isolable intermediate, a benzalmalonic (or ethylidene malonic) acid, although there has not been any proof for this mechanism reported in the literature. The purpose of this work is an investigation of the mechanism of the Doebner modification. [TRUNCATED]en-USBased on investigation of the BU Libraries' staff, this work is free of known copyright restrictions.Thesis/Dissertation