Formation of benzylic chlorides by rearrangement of cycloheptatrienes with tellurium tetrachloride

M Albeck, T Tamari, M Sprecher

Index: Albeck, Michael; Tamari, Tova; Sprecher, Milon Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1983 , vol. 48, # 13 p. 2276 - 2278

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Abstract

The rearrangement of cycloheptatrienes and alkyl cycloheptatrienes to substituted benzenes has been reported to proceed photochemically, or thermally at higher temperatures.'For the latter conditions a radical pathway has been postulated. 24 Fohlischs has presented evidence for the operation of ionic pathways in the isomerization and in the solvolysis of chloro-and bromocycloheptatrienes to benzyl halides or ethers, etc. Reaction ...