The Reversibility of the Friedel-Crafts Reaction. Hydrogenation

LL Alexander, RC Fuson

Index: Alexander; Fuson Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1936 , vol. 58, p. 1745

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Abstract

The addition of hydrogen to an ethylenic bond can be accomplished by use of benzene and aluminum chloride at room temperatures.'Under these conditions this reaction competes with the addition of benzene to the double bond. However, the latter process is reversible, whereas the former appears to be irreversible. This means that eventually the hydrogenation process will take place to the exclusion of the addition of benzene. Thus, in the case of ...