Australian Journal of Chemistry

On the formation of ethoxy alcohols from reaction of trans-1, 2-Epoxy-3-methyl-1, 3-diphenylbutane and 1, 2-Epoxyoctane with boron trifluoride etherate

JW Blunt, JM Coxon, C Lim, HA Schuyt

Index: Blunt, John W.; Coxon, James M.; Lim, Chom-Ey; Schuyt, Helen A. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1983 , vol. 36, # 1 p. 97 - 107

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Abstract

Abstract Reaction of trans-1, 2-epoxy-3-methyl-1, 3-diphenylbutane (1) with boron trifluoride etherate in benzene gave 3-methyl-2, 3-diphenylbutanal (3), shown by deuterium labelling experiments to be formed by C1-O cleavage and alkyl migration, and (1RS, 2RS)-l-ethoxy-3-