The Reduction of Stereoisomeric 6-tert-Butyl-3-methoxy-3-methylcyclohexenes with Lithium in Ethylamine

T Masamune, H Matsue, M Fujii

Index: Masamune,T. et al. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1972 , vol. 45, p. 1812 - 1816

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Abstract

The synthesis and reduction with lithium in ethylamine of the entitled stereoisomeric allyl ethers 1 and 2 are described. The reaction of both the isomers occurred very readily with concomitant cleavage of the methoxy groups, and gave the same products, 4-tert-butyl-1- methylcyclohexene (13), and c-and t-3-tert-butyl-6-methylcyclohex-1-enes (14 and 15), in the same ratio (87: 4: 9), indicating that the respective reactions involved a common ...