New musk odorants V: A new synthesis of polyalkylindanes starting from styrenes

DB Spoelstra, SH Weber…

Index: Spoelstra,D.B. et al. Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas, 1963 , vol. 82, p. 1100 - 1106

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Abstract

Polyalkylindanes of the type described in earlier communications 1, may also be prepared by condensation of styrenes and alkenes under the influence of suitable catalysts 3. ... In a publication dealing with the cycloalkylation of p-cymene with tert. amyl alcohol using sulphuric acid as catalyst, it was shown that the reaction led to polyalkylindanes. The reaction mechanism involved a hydrogen transfer in which p-cymene acted as the donor and an isoamyl carbonium ion ...