Sodium-catalyzed Side Chain Aralkylation of Alkylbenzenes with Styrene1

H Pines, D Wunderlich

Index: Pines; Wunderlich Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1958 , vol. 80, p. 6001,6004

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Abstract

Toluene and ethylbenzene react with styrene in the presence of sodium to form monoadducts, 1, 3-diphenylpropane (I) and 1, 3-diphenylbutane (11) and diadducts 1, 3, 5- triphenplpentane (111) and 1, 3, 5-triphenylhexane (IV), respectively. The yield of monoadducts can be increased by the presence of promoters, such as benzylsodium, anthracene or sodium isopropoxide. Isopropylbenzene requires the presence of ...