The hydrolysis of aryl hydrogen malonates is subject to intramolecular general base catalysis by the ionised carboxyl group; general base catalysis of the hydrolysis of the p-nitrophenyl ester shows unexpectedly complex kinetics, and appears to involve a ketene mechanism.
A. J. Kirby and G. J. Lloyd, J. Chem. Soc. D, 1971, 1538 DOI: 10.1039/C29710001538
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