S. Sarkhel et al., UNUSUAL SUBSTITUTION OF -SCH3 BY -OH IN 9,10-DIHYDROPHENANTHRENE, Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications, 53, 1997, pp. 1713-1714
The unusual nucleophilic substitution of methylthio by a hydroxyl grou
p in the presence of alkali and dimethylformamide in the synthesis of
methyl -7-methoxy-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene-4-carboxylate, C23H19ClO4,
has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray structure determination.