D. Kumar, S. Balachandran
Dec 1, 2006
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Indian Journal of Chemistry Section B-organic Chemistry Including Medicinal Chemistry
Abstract
1-Chloro-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-phenylethane undergoes dehydrochlorination in acetonitrile to give trans-p-methoxy stilbene by El mechanism. The presence of electron donating p-methoxy group and the delocalisation of charge throughout the structure proposes a stable cation. The mass law effect and special salt effect are characteristic for a reaction involving the stable cation and these effects have been reported for the first time in a pure El reaction.