Reversible friedel-crafts acylations of phenanthrene: Rearrangements of acetylphenanthrenes

Liron Levy, Sergey Pogodin, Shmuel Cohen, Israel Agranat*

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Abstract

The study of Friedel-Crafts acetylation of phenanthrente with acetic acid in polyphosphoric acid, along with re-arrangements and deacetylations of acetylphenanthrene isomers, indicated its reversibility. The structures of (E)-2-AcPHN and (Z)-9-AcPHN were determined by X-ray crystallography. PM3 calculations predicted that 9-AcPHN is the kinetically controlled while 2-AcPHN and 3-AcPHN are the thermodynamically controlled products, in accordance with experiment. The mutual rearrangements of 2-AcPHN and 9-AcPHN are noted.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)314-318
Number of pages5
JournalLetters in Organic Chemistry
Volume4
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2007

Keywords

  • Agranat-Gore rearrangement
  • Deacylation
  • Overcrowding
  • PM3 calculations
  • PPA
  • X-ray crystallography

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