Journal of the American Chemical Society

Synthesis of Phenanthrenes. V. A Mechanism for the Cyclization of β-Arylethylcyclohexanols1

RA Barnes

Index: Barnes Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1953 , vol. 75, p. 3004,3007

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Citation Number: 16

Abstract

111, R= H IV, R= CH3 VIII, R CHI VII, R= H results in our own and other laboratories; however, Bromide I1 was rather unstable and hydrogen broit was difficult to formulate a mechanism which ex-mide was eliminated to some extent even during plained all the facts. vacuum distillation; however, satisfactory yields The purpose of this work was to study the cycli-of the desired alcohols could be obtained. zation of four new alcohols which were ...