Journal of the American Chemical Society

Hydrogen bromide cleavage of hindered 2-methoxyacetophenones

WJ Horton, JT Spence

Index: Horton; Spence Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1958 , vol. 80, p. 2453,2456

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Abstract

The facile cleavage of 3-substituted-2-methoxyacetophenones is ascribed to the steric influence of the 3-substituent. The rate of cleavage of a number of such compounds has been determined and these data as well as ultraviolet spectra isupport the proposal of steric inhibition of resonance by the 3-substituent.