The 2-and 4-ethyldicyclohexylmethanes were prepared by the hydrogenation of the purified 2-and 4-ethyldiphenylmethanes. The 3-ethyldicyclohexylmethane was prepared by hydrogenation of the olefin mixture obtained by dehydration of the product from the Grignard reaction of% ethylcyclohexanone with benzylmagnesium chloride. Each ethyldicyclohexylmethane consisted of a pair of geometrical isomers. With the exception of ...
[Clark, James H.; Cullen, Stephen R.; Barlow, Simon J.; Bastock, Tony W. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2: Physical Organic Chemistry (1972-1999), 1994 , # 6 p. 1117 - 1130]
