Treatment of 2, 4, 6-tri-t-butylbenzyl alcohol (2), the corresponding benzyl chloride (3) and methyl ether (5) with strong acids gave high yields of 1, 1-dimethyl-4, 6-di-t-butylindane (10). On the other hand, acid-catalyzed reactions on 2-methyl-4, 6-di-t-butylbenzyl alcohol (13), chloride (16), and methyl ether (12) yielded nucleophilic substitution products. According to comparative hydride transfer reactions between triethylsilane and carbonium ions ...
[Farmer, Luc J.; Marron, Kristen S.; Canan Koch, Stacie S.; Hwang; Kallel, E. Adam; Zhi, Lin; Nadzan, Alex M.; Robertson, Dave W.; Bennani, Youssef L. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2006 , vol. 16, # 9 p. 2352 - 2356]
