Cycloheptatrienes from the Solvolysis of 1, 4-Dihydrobenzyl p-Toluenesulfonates1

NA Nelson, JH Fassnacht, JU Piper

Index: Nelson,N.A. et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1961 , vol. 83, p. 206 - 213

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Abstract

The unusual properties and uses of cycloheptatrienes has led to a variety of methods for the preparation of the parent compo~ nd.~ While some of these methods are capable of being extended to the preparation of substituted cycloheptatrienes, little work has been done in this direction. In a preliminary comm~ nication,~ we reported briefly a synthesis of cycloheptatriene and three of the four possible methylcycloheptatrienes. This paper ...