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Birch Reductive Alkylation of Methyl m-(Hydroxymethyl)benzoate Derivatives and the Behavior of o- and p-(Hydroxymethyl)benzoates under Reductive Alkylation Conditions
Fretz, Samuel J.,Hadad, Christopher M.,Hart, David J.,Vyas, Shubham,Yang, Dexi
, p. 83 - 92 (2013/03/29)
Birch reductive alkylation of methyl m-(hydroxymethyl)benzoate derivatives, using lithium in ammonia-tetrahydrofuran in the presence of tertbutyl alcohol, can be achieved without significant loss of benzylic oxygen substituents. Similar treatment of o- and p-(hydroxymethyl)benzoate derivatives results largely in loss of benzylic oxygen substituents. The results are rationalized by computations describing electron density patterns in the putative radical anion intermediate involved in these reactions.
