Effects of alkyl substituents in the chromic acid oxidation of tetralins

JW Burnham, WP Duncan, EJ Eisenbraun…

Index: Burnham,J.W. et al. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1974 , vol. 39, # 10 p. 1416 - 1420

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Abstract

Chromic acid oxidation of hydrocarbons has been intensively studied. In general, for aliphatic hydrocarbons, the relative rates of oxidation in primary, secondary, and tertiary CH positions are 1: 110: 7000.2 Although considerable data exist concerning the oxidation of aromatic-aliphatic systems. 3 very little information is available on oxidation of hydrocarbons containing nonequivalent benzylic positions capable of competing for the oxidizing agent. ...