title: Accelerated decarboxylation of 1,3-dimethylorotic acid in ionic liquid.
abstract: The solvent effect of ionic liquids on the decarboxylation of 1,3-dimethylorotic acid and its analogue in ionic was investigated. The rate acceleration observed was proposed to be a result of the stabilization of the zwitterionic intermediates by the charged groups available in these special solvents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA.
authors.forename: Freeman M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Weiming
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D007477:Ions; D007700:Kinetics; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009963:Orotic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: C512852:1,3-dimethylorotic acid; D007477:Ions; D009963:Orotic Acid