Tetrahedron letters

Iodine induced transformations of alcohols under solvent-free conditions

G Stavber, M Zupan, S Stavber

Index: Stavber, Gaj; Zupan, Marko; Stavber, Stojan Tetrahedron Letters, 2006 , vol. 47, # 48 p. 8463 - 8466

Full Text: HTML

Citation Number: 21

Abstract

Iodine has been shown to be an efficient catalyst for transformations of alcohols under solvent-free conditions. In the presence of 5% of iodine, tertiary alcohols underwent dehydration forming the corresponding alkenes, while in the case of 2-phenylpropane-2-ol cyclodimerisation to 1, 1, 3-trimethyl-3-phenylindane took place. Secondary and primary benzyl alcohols under the same conditions gave the corresponding ethers.