Tetrahedron

Photolysis of 2-phenylethyl and 4-phenyl-1-butyl halides in alcoholic solvents

VK Bhalerao, BS Nanjundiah, HR Sonawane, PM Nair

Index: Bhalerao, V. K.; Nanjundiah, B. S.; Sonawane, H. R.; Nair, P. M. Tetrahedron, 1986 , vol. 42, # 5 p. 1487 - 1496

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Abstract

Photolysis of 2-phenylethyl bromide in the lower alcohols gave the corresponding carbinols and ethers as the main products. With 2-phenylethyl iodide, the products were almost exclusively of the latter type, while 4-phenyl-1-butyl halides gave n-butylbenzene, 4-phenyl- 1-butene and tetralin. It is shown chac each of these produtes may be assigned to an ionic or radical pathway and that both the nature of the solvent and the structure of the substrate ...