Canadian journal of chemistry

Electron transfer reactions from alkali metal surfaces to (±) and (S)-(-)-1, 3-dimethoxy-1, 1-diphenylbutane. Studies on 1, 3-elimination

HM Walborsky, MP Murari

Index: Walborsky, Harry M.; Murari, Martha Pass Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1984 , vol. 62, p. 2464 - 2470

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Abstract

The 1, 3-elimination of methoxide by carbanions generated from the reaction of (±)-1, 3- dimethoxy-1, 1-diphenylbutane with the alkali metals, lithium, sodium, and potassium, in various solvents was studied to determine the significance of cation-methoxyl coordination due to decreasing charge/radius ratio of the cations and also the cation complexing ability of the solvent. The stereochemistry of cyclization in the reaction of (S)-(-)-1, 3-dimethoxy-1, 1- ...