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Reactions of Copper(II) Halides with Aromatic Compounds. Part XII. Reactions of 9-Methyl-10-phenylanthracene, 1,4,9-Trimethylanthracene, 9,10-Dimethylanthracene and 1,5-Dichloro-9-methylanthracene in Methanol.
Mancilla, Jerson M.,Nonhebel, Derek C.,Scullion, Ian
, p. 1601 - 1619 (2007/10/02)
The title compounds react with copper(II) bromide in methanol to give the corresponding 9-methoxymethyl compounds. 1,4,9-Trimethylanthracene and 1,5-dichloro-9-methylanthracene also gave 1,2-di-(1,4-dimethyl-9-anthryl)ethane (6) and 1,5-dichloro-9,10-dimethoxy-9,10-dihydroanthracene (9) respectively.The formation of all these products can be interpreted in terms of initial electron transfer oxidation of the substituted anthracene to its radical cation, which either subsequently loses a proton to give the substituted 9-anthrylmethyl radical or undergoes solvent capture.
