A chemoselective route to either 4-methyl-2,4-dipheny1-2-pentene or 1,1,3-trimethyl-3-phenylindane from 2-phenylpropan-2-ol mediated by BiBr3: a mechanistic study

作者：Howard Fredrick; Sawadjoon Supa****; Samec Joseph S M^*

来源：Tetrahedron Letters, 2010, 51(32): 4208-4210.

DOI：10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.06.018

The reaction of 2-phenylpropan-2-ol mediated by BiBr3 can, through control of the temperature, yield selectively either 4-methyl-2,4-diphenyl-2-pentene or 1,1,3-trimethyl-3-phenylindane. A reaction mechanism that proceeds via 1-methylstyrene is disclosed.

• 出版日期2010-8-11