The Journal of Organic Chemistry

A Study of Electronic and Steric Effects on the Course of an Aromatic Cyclodehydration Reaction vs. an Elbs Reaction

FA Vingiello, JR Thornton

Index: Vingiello,F.A.; Thornton,J.R. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1966 , vol. 31, p. 659 - 663

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Abstract

The effect of substituents on the course of an aromatic cyclodehydration reaction and an Elbs reaction was investigated by synthesizing six 2-benzylphenyl 1-and 2-naphthyl ketones and subjecting each to reaction conditions which should favor one or the other of these reactions. The reaction products were analyzed and the results were interpreted.