Potassium-Catalyzed Reactions of β-Alkylstyrenes and Anethol with Alkylbenzenes1

J Shabtai, EM Lewicki, H Pines

Index: Shabtai,J. et al. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1962 , vol. 27, p. 2618 - 2621

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Abstract

&Methyl-, @-ethyl-, and @-isopropylstyrene react with toluene at 110" in the presence of dispersed potassiuni to form the corresponding 1,3-diphenyl-2-alkylpropsnes in 60-9545 yields. Anethol reacts similarly to form 1-p-methoxyphenyl-2-meth- yl-3-phenylpropane in 68% yield. P,&Dimethylstyrene, however, fails to react with toluene. @-Ethylstyrene undergoes also ring closure with the formation of 1-methylindenr. ... It was reported recently that ...