The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Evidence for a Radical Process in the Dark Cyclization Reaction of Aliphatic Alcohols with Silver Oxide and Bromine

G Smolinsky, BI Feuer

Index: Smolinsky,G.; Feuer,B.I. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1965 , vol. 30, p. 3216 - 3217

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Citation Number: 11

Abstract

It thus seems most reasonable to conclude that silver oxide-bromine induced cyclization of tertiary aliphatic alcohols to ethers proceeds via a multiplestep radical process. This conclusion is further supported by the recent findings of Akhtar, Hunt, and Dewhurstg on the action of silver acetate and bromine in the dark on a series of cyclic alcohols XVIII, which were especially chosen for study because the alkoxy