Journal of the American Chemical Society

Methyl Homologs of Triphenylene

LF Fieser, LM Joshel

Index: Fieser; Joshel Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1939 , vol. 61, p. 2958,2960

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Citation Number: 6

Abstract

XI11 XIV was also made of the reaction between 9-phenanthrylmagnesium bromide and the ethyl ester of levulinic acid, in analogy with a condensation reported by Grignard, 6 but the chief product was phenanthrene. A very satisfactory route to the desired hydrocarbon was then found in the utilization of the recently described method of preparing arylacetaldehydes.'w (9-Phenanthryl)-propionaldehyde (XII) was obtained readily by the ...