The Jacobsen Rearrangement of 6-Methyl-7-propyltetralin1

EN Marvell, PG Olafson, D Lini, R Barbour…

Index: Marvell,E.N. et al. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1963 , vol. 28, p. 3248 - 3249

Full Text: HTML

Citation Number: 0

Abstract

The Jacobseii rearrangement of 6-methyl-7-propyltetralin was initially investigated by Smith and Lo2 who reported that a low yield (25%) of 6-methyl-5-propyltetralin was obtained. This result quite apparently was a surprise to the authors since they commented at some length on the mode of formation of this product. Clearly this is a result of considerable mechanistic implication. The starting material contains four alkyl substituents on the benzene ring ...