Canadian Journal of Chemistry

STUDIES IN THE WAGNER-MEERWEIN REARRANGEMENT. PART I

FAL Anet, PMG Bavin

Index: Anet; Bavin Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1956 , vol. 34, p. 991,1002

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Citation Number: 20

Abstract

The preparation by a convenient route of 9-methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, l-butyl, and benzyl phenanthrenes is described. This consists of the alkylation of methyl fluorene-9-carboxylate under mild conditions, reduction of the ester group with lithium aluminum hydride, and then