Carbon versus oxygen alkylation in reactions of phenoxide ions with cyclopropylmethyl bromide
Abstract
Suspensions of phenoxide salts in toluene react with cyclopropylmethyl bromide to give appreciable amounts of alkylation at the ortho- and para-positions, as well as at the oxygen atom, although cyclopropylmethyl bromide reacts no faster than do simple alkyl bromides, and show no scrambling of the methylene carbons.