The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Reactions of ketones and related compounds with solid supported phosphoric acid catalyst. III. Scope and mechanisms of phenyl alkyl ketone reactions

FE Juge Jr, A Fry

Index: Juge,F.E.; Fry,A. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1970 , vol. 35, # 6 p. 1876 - 1881

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Abstract

Rearrangement, condensation, disproportionation, and cyclodehydration reactions of phenyl alkyl ketones occur on solid supported phosphoric acid catalyst with good recovery of products. When the alkyl group is methyl or ethyl, disproportionation of aldol condensation products occurs to yield benzoic acid and fragments which eventually yield indans [lJ1, 3- trimethyl-3-phenylindan(3) or 1, l-dimethylindan, respectively]. When the alkyl group is ...