Mc. Natoli et al., DIMETHOXY AROMATIC-COMPOUNDS .8. DEGENERATE DEALKYLATION-REALKYLATIONREACTION OF 1-BIS(2,4-DIMETHOXYPHENYL)-2-METHYLPROPANE, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 42(2), 1994, pp. 375-376
The condensation reaction under acid condition of the benzylic alcohol
s 1, 2 and 3 with the hexadeutero dimethoxybenzenes 4, 5 and 6 leads t
o the expected hexadeutero bis(dimethoxyphenyl)-2-methylpropanes 7, 8
and 9, respectively. However, the presence of both dodecadeutero and u
nlabelled 1-bis(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-methylpropanes 10 and 11 indica
tes that 9 undergoes a rapid degenerate dealkylation-alkylation reacti
on.