The Reactions of Olefins with Chloromethoxymethane or Dimethoxymethane in Nitriles

Y Wada, T Yamazaki, K Nishiura, S Tanimoto…

Index: Wada,Y. et al. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1978 , vol. 51, p. 1821 - 1825

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Abstract

The Lewis acid-catalyzed reactions of olefins with chloromethoxymethane (CM) or dimethoxymethane (DM) and aliphatic or aromatic nitriles afforded the 1: 1: 1 adducts and/or their hydrolysis products in various yields, together with the 1: 1 olefin–CM (or DM) adducts. AlCl 3, FeCl 3, ZnCl 2, and SnCl 4 were effective catalysts for the reaction with CM, whereas BF 3 and SnCl 4 were effective for that with DM. In the case of cyclohexene, the addition ...