756. Alkylation of the aromatic nucleus. Part XIII. p-Xylene

PR Adams, WJ Hickinbottom

Index: Adams,P.R.; Hickinbottom,W.J. Journal of the Chemical Society, 1965 , p. 4097 - 4100

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Abstract

In previous Papers, evidence has been presented to show that alkylations involving a sulphonic ester, or an alcohol and a Lewis acid, are best represented as an electrophilic substitution by a carbonium ion. In alkylations by primary alcohols, isomerisation of the primary alkyl group, in part, to secondary suggests that the reaction course is similar to that of the secondary alcohols. That some of the primary alkyl group survives unchanged ...