(1) Tarbell and Wystrach. T-IS JOURNAL, 66, 2149 (1943)(2) Tarbell and Wilson, ibid., 64, 607 (1942). synthesis of I1 is the method of Bradsher and Schneider, in which a 2- xenylphenylphenoxyethylcarbinol is cyclized to a 9-arylphenanthrene. The intermediates we employed for the'synthesis are indicated below and the reactions proceeded well, following the general procedures of Bradsher and co-workers. The phenoxypropiophenone IX c1 C1
