Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

The Structures of the Products from the Reaction of 3-Bromotropolone and 7-Bromohinokitiol with Caustic Alkali

T Toda

Index: Toda,T. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1967 , vol. 40, p. 588 - 590

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Abstract

The main products from the reaction of 3-bromotropolone and 7-bromohinokitiol with caustic alkali are proved not to be 3-hydroxytropolone and 7-hydroxyhinokitiol, but 4-hydroxy- tropolone and 6-hydroxyhinokitiol. The mechanism of this abnormal substitution reaction is then discussed.