Tetrahedron

Organic reactions in a solid matrix—III: Silica gel-induced oxirane rearrangements

VS Joshi, NP Damodaran, S Dev

Index: Joshi,V.S. et al. Tetrahedron, 1971 , vol. 27, p. 475 - 485

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Citation Number: 30

Abstract

1-Methyl-1, 2-epoxycycloheptane, 2α, 3α-epoxypinane and 3α, 4α-epoxycarane are shown to undergo typical carbonium ion rearrangements in contact with active silica gel. Humulene epoxide-II and caryophyllene oxide did not undergo any transformation under these conditions. All these results are in complete contrast to their behaviour on exposure to alumina.