Journal of the American Chemical Society

Studies in Stereochemistry. VIII. Molecular Rearrangements During Lithium Aluminum Hydride Reductions in the 3-Phenyl-2-pentanol and 2-Phenyl-3-pentanol …

DJ Cram

Index: Cram Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1952 , vol. 74, p. 2152,2157

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Citation Number: 22

Abstract

Methods The four stereomers of both 3-phenyl-2-pentanol and 2-phenyl-3-pentanol were prepared in optically pure state and the p-toluenesulfonates of the B series3 were prepared. In each case the p-toluenesulfonates of the enantiomorphs are less soluble in the crystallization solvents than the same derivatives of the racemates, and thus even higher optical purity is to be expected in the derivatives than in the starting alcohols.