Some Rearrangement Reactions of Organosodium and Organolithium Compounds

Authors

Henry Gilman, Iowa State CollegeFollow
Fritz W. Breuer, Iowa State College

Document Type

Research

Abstract

In continuation of rearrangement reactions of organometallic compounds, it was desirable to ascertain whether R-Metal combinations (free of halogen or other acidic groups) would react after the manner of benzylmagnesium chloride types with compounds like formaldehyde, for example. This last reaction gives not only the normal product (beta-phenylethyl alcohol), but also o-tolyl carbinol. It has been shown that the corresponding organosodium and organolithium compounds behave in a similar manner. Incidentally, it is possible to prepare some organolithium compounds, like phenyl-lithium, very conveniently, in a short time, and in excellent yields in the customary three-necked flasks.

Publication Date

1931

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

38

Issue

1

First Page

167

Last Page

167

Copyright

©1931 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Gilman, Henry and Breuer, Fritz W. (1931) "Some Rearrangement Reactions of Organosodium and Organolithium Compounds," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 38(1), 167-167.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol38/iss1/27