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The effect of ortho methyl groups on cumyl systems

RF Evilia, D Pan, JW Timberlake, SL Whittenburg

Index: Evilia, Ronald F.; Pan, Dawei; Timberlake, Jack W.; Whittenburg, Scott L. Tetrahedron Letters, 1991 , vol. 32, # 7 p. 871 - 874

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Abstract

Abstract The reactions of 2-mesityl-2-propanol (2) and 2-mesityl-1-propene (6) have been investigated with the objective of evaluating the effect of ortho methyl groups on chemical reactivity. The 13 C NMR spectrum of 2-mesityl-2-propyl cation (3) indicates the expected steric inhibition to resonance.