MECHANISM OF ACID-CATALYZED DEHYDRATION OF 1,2-DIPHENYLETHANOL

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NOYCE, DS
HARTTER, DR
POLLACK, RM
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[1] Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
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10.1021/ja01016a034
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O6 [化学];
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The acid-catalyzed dehydration of 1,2-diphenylethanol (1) proceeds readily in 50-60% sulfuric acid, and affords trans-stilbene. The reaction is very sharply acid catalyzed, a plot of log k vs. -H0 having a slope of 1.32. Racemization of active 1,2-diphenylethanol is 58 times more rapid than dehydration. In deuteriosulfuric acid, dehydration is moee rapid. The rate of dehydration of 2-deuterio-l,2-diphenylethanol is smaller than that of 1, kH/kD being 1.83. All of these facts are consistent with a reaction pathway involving the reversible formation of the 1,2-diphenylethyl cation followed by rate-limiting proton loss to give trans-stilbene. © 1968, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.
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