The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Double-bond rearrangements of inden-1-yl derivatives

EC Friedrich, DB Taggart

Index: Friedrich,E.C.; Taggart,D.B. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1975 , vol. 40, # 6 p. 720 - 723

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Citation Number: 35

Abstract

The rates of double-bond rearrangement of ten different inden-1-yl derivatives to the corresponding inden-3-yl derivatives have been determined in pyridine at 40'. No linear free- energy relationship has been found which fits all of the data. However, the unexpectedly high reactivities observed for many of the compounds clearly indicate the care with which they must be handled in the presence of even weakly basic amines if their isomeric ...