InoueMasashi, SugitaToshio, IchikawaKatsuhiko
1978
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Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
Abstract
The reaction of anisole with propylene oxide by aluminum chloride has been studied in various kinds of solvents. While the normal Friedel-Crafts reaction yielded 2-(methoxyphenyl)-1-propanols, 1,1-bis(methoxyphenyl)-propanes were also formed in this reaction; these were not obtained by the subsequent reaction of mono(methoxyphenyl) products with another anisole. The yields of 1,1-bis(methoxyphenyl)propanes increased by increasing the basicity of solvents. The mechanism of the formation of 1,1-bis(methoxyphenyl)propanes can be explained by the isomerization of epoxide to aldehyde and the subsequent condensation with anisole. Various kinds of epoxides also gave 1,1-bis(methoxyphenyl)alkanes in nitromethane.