Stereochemistry of Chlorine Addition to Trans-△²-Octalin

Author: Peascoe, Warren Joseph

Year: 1965

Degree: Bachelor's thesis

Advisor: Richards, John H.

Committee Member: Unknown, Unknown

Option: Chemistry

DOI: 10.7907/ay73-xm61

Abstract

The chlorination of trans-△2-octalin has been shown to produce diaxial-dichlorides and diequatorial-dichlorides in the ratio of two to one. The results are explained in terms of a mechanism involving a cyclic chloronium ion.

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