Toluene → Tetralin

HRID 1717641Notes

Reaction equation

C[Al]1[CH2:7][CH2:6][CH2:5][CH2:4]O1.[C:8]1(C)[CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=1>>[CH2:4]1[C:13]2[C:8](=[CH:9][CH:10]=[CH:11][CH:12]=2)[CH2:7][CH2:6][CH2:5]1

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 1140Toluene

HCID 23511181Methylalumoxane

Product 1

HCID 8404Tetralin

Procedure

Methylalumoxane (MAO) was received from Albemarle as a 30% wt/V toluene solution and used as such and the silica was received from INEOS (ES70Y, 100 microns).

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-e800897f215a4993ae75d5ea9beca57e
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2010_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US07803887B2

Reaction notes

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