α-versus β-Elimination in the Cleavage of Ethers by Organoalkali Metal Compounds

RL Letsinger, DF Pollart

Index: Letsinger; Pollart Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1956 , vol. 78, p. 6079,6084

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Abstract

The purpose of this work was to determine whether elimination reactions which occur when ethers are treated with organoalkali metal compounds are a-or@-elimination processes. It was found by use of deuteriqm labeled compounds that the ethylene obtained from the reaction of propylsodium with ethyl aryl ethers originated by@-elimination. When an a- position of an ether was activated by a phenyl group, as in ethyl benzyl ether, the principal ...