The Reactions of Certain Neopentyl Systems with Electrophilic Reagents1

P Skell, CR Hauser

Index: Skell; Hauser Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1942 , vol. 64, p. 2633

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Abstract

Since the phenyl group is known to migrate more easily than the methyl group, it might be expected that if the three methyl groups of the a-phenylneopentyl system were replaced by three phenyl groups, the resulting compound would exhibit a greater tendency to rearrangement. In agreement with this, it has been found that asymmetrical tetraphenylethyl alcohol on treatment with hydrogen bromide readily undergoes rearrangement, ...