The Journal of Organic Chemistry

The Rearrangement of 1-para-Substituted Phenyl-1-cyclopropylethylenes

AD Ketley, JL McClanahan

Index: Ketley,A.D.; McClanahan,J.L. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1965 , vol. 30, p. 942 - 943

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Citation Number: 13

Abstract

There has been no systematic study reported of the effect of substituents on the rates of vinylcyclopropane rearrangements. We describe here results of part of such a study on the rates of rearrangement of a series of 1-para-substituted phenyl-1-cyclopropylethylenes. Pyrolyses were initially conducted using a glass wool packed flow system at 400". The reactions proceeded cleanly giving in each case 90% or more of the corresponding 1- ...