Journal of the Chemical Society C: Organic

Some substitution reactions of 1-methyl-and 2-methoxy-fluorene

EO Arene, DAH Taylor

Index: Arene,E.O.; Taylor,D.A.H. Journal of the Chemical Society [Section] C: Organic, 1966 , p. 481 - 484

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Abstract

LITTLE is known about the orientation of substitution in alkylfluorenes, and, as several fluorene derivatives have now been isolated as natural products, a study has been made of some substitution reactions of l-methylfluorene. As fluorene itself is substituted exclusively in the %position, it might be thought that l-methylfluorene would give 1,2-disubstituted derivatives, unless steric hindrance is an important factor, in which case 1,7- disubstituted derivatives would be expected. The ...