Abstract
The application of the Nef reaction to the salts of the three most readily available secondary nitro 9,10-dihydro-9,10- ethanoanthracenes is reported. Two of the ketones corresponded in physical properties to samples previously prepared by other methods; the third was previously unknown. It was converted by Clemmensen reduction to a hydrocarbon, 9,10- dihydro-9,10-(11-phenylethano)-anthracene, which was synthesized independently by the Diels-Alder reaction of anthracene with styrene, thus establishing that no rearrangement had taken place during the formation of the ketone.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2233-2236 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
Volume | 78 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1 1956 |