Solid superacid-catalyzed organic synthesis. 4. Perfluorinated resinsulfonic acid (Nafion-H) catalyzed Friedel-Crafts benzylation of benzene and substituted benzenes

T Yamato, C Hideshima, GKS Prakash…

Index: Yamato, Takehiko; Hideshima, Chieko; Prakash, G. K. Surya; Olah, George A. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1991 , vol. 56, # 6 p. 2089 - 2091

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Abstract

Nafion-H, a perfluorinated resinsulfonic acid, catalyzes Friedel-Crafts benzylation of benzene and substituted benzenes with benzyl alcohols under relatively mild experimental conditions. Reactions are clean, and water formed as a byproduct does not deactivate the catalyst. It was also found that this method is applicable to the intramolecular cycloalkylation and oligomerization of methoxybenzyl alcohols.