The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Halogenation with copper (II). II. Unsaturated ketones

EM Kosower, GS Wu

Index: Kosower,E.M.; Wu,G.-S. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1963 , vol. 28, p. 633 - 638

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Citation Number: 58

Abstract

Results Cyclic Ketones.-Treatment of 2-cyclohexenone with copper (I1) chloride under the usual conditions for chlorination for four hours led to phenol in 65% yield. No organic product other than phenol could be observed when a shorter reaction time mas used (equation 1).