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Stereochemistry of Friedel-Crafts Reaction of Benzene with Optically Active 2-Methyloxetane
Segi, Masahito,Takebe, Masaki,Masuda, Shinji,Nakajima, Tadashi,Suga, Sohei
, p. 167 - 170 (2007/10/02)
The Friedel-Crafts alkylation of benzene with (+)-2-methyloxetane in the presence of Lewis acids (AlCl3, SnCl4, and TiCl4) gave 3-phenyl-1-butanol with 20-60percent inversion of configuration at the reaction center and a mixture of 4-chloro-2-butanol and 3-chloro-1-butanol in optically active form as the by-products. These by-products were formed by the attack of the chlorine atom in Lewis acid. The stereochemical course of the reaction to 3-chloro-1-butanol varied with the kind of catalyst, i.e., inversion with AlCl3 or TiCl4 and retention with SnCl4. The addition of nitromethane to the reaction system promoted the retentive ring-opening to 3-chloro-1-butanol.
