33125-57-4Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Access to "friedel-Crafts-Restricted" tert -alkyl aromatics by activation/methylation of tertiary benzylic alcohols
Hartsel, Joshua A.,Craft, Derek T.,Chen, Qiao-Hong,Ma, Ming,Carlier, Paul R.
, p. 3127 - 3133 (2012/05/20)
Herein we describe a two-step protocol to prepare m-tert-alkylbenzenes. The appropriate tertiary benzylic alcohols are activated with SOCl2 or concentrated HCl and then treated with trimethylaluminum, affording the desired products in 68-97% yields (22 examples). This reaction sequence is successful in the presence of a variety of functional groups, including acid-sensitive and Lewis-basic groups. In addition to t-Bu groups, 1,1-dimethylpropyl and 1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl groups can also be installed using this method.
The positional and structural izomerization equilibrium of branched pentylbenzenes
Naumkin,Nesterova,Nesterov,Vodenkova,Golovin
, p. 141 - 148 (2011/08/05)
The equilibrium of the positional and structural isomerization of branched monopentylbenzenes, pentyltoluenes, and pentyl-o-xylenes was studied. It was found that the 1,2-dimethylpropyl substituted derivatives prevail over the 1,1-dimethylpropyl substituted isomers in the equilibrium mixture of all of the examined groups of compounds. The thermodynamic characteristics of the structural isomerization of pentylbenzenes were calculated from the experimental data.
