Electrochemical Reduction of Activated Carbon-Carbon Double Bonds. 3. 1,2 Phenyl Migration in the Reduction of Some 1,1-Diphenyl-Substituted Indenes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00185a020

The reduction at a Hg electrode in DMF of 1,1,3-triphenylindene (1), 2-methyl-1,1,3-triphenylindene (2), and 1,1,2,3-tetraphenylindene (3) was carried out in order to check the occurrence of rearrangements of the reaction intermediates.The two-electron tw