Benzene reaction with 2-methyl-2-propanol

A powerful oxidizer. Explosive reaction with acetaldehyde, acetic acid + heat, acetic anhydride + heat, benzaldehyde, benzene, benzylthylaniUne, butyraldehyde, 1,3-dimethylhexahydropyrimidone, diethyl ether, ethylacetate, isopropylacetate, methyl dioxane, pelargonic acid, pentyl acetate, phosphoms + heat, propionaldehyde, and other organic materials or solvents. Forms a friction- and heat-sensitive explosive mixture with potassium hexacyanoferrate. Ignites on contact with alcohols, acetic anhydride + tetrahydronaphthalene, acetone, butanol, chromium(II) sulfide, cyclohexanol, dimethyl formamide, ethanol, ethylene glycol, methanol, 2-propanol, pyridine. Violent reaction with acetic anhydride + 3-methylphenol (above 75°C), acetylene, bromine pentafluoride, glycerol, hexamethylphosphoramide, peroxyformic acid, selenium, sodium amide. Incandescent reaction with alkali metals (e.g., sodium, potassium), ammonia, arsenic, butyric acid (above 100°C), chlorine trifluoride, hydrogen sulfide + heat, sodium + heat, and sulfur. Incompatible with N,N-dimethylformamide. 

The Friedel-Crafts alkylation of aromatic compounds by oxetanes in the presence of aluminum chloride is mechanistically similar to the solvolyses above, since the first step is electrophilic attack on the ring oxygen by aluminum chloride, followed by a nucleophilic attack on an a-carbon atom by the aromatic compound present. The reaction of 2-methyloxetane and 2-phenyloxetane with benzene, toluene and mesitylene gave 3-aryl-3 -methyl-1-propanols and 3-aryl-3-phenyl-l-propanols as the main products and in good yields (equation 27). Minor amounts of 3-chloro-l-butanol and 4-chloro-2-butanol are formed as by-products from 2-methyloxetane, and of 3-phenyl-l-propanol from 2-phenyloxetane (73ACS3944). 

Quinoid intermediates of type 181 proved to be viable precursors of a myriad of other 7a-substituted cephalosporins (Yanagisawa et al., 1976b). Reactions of alcohols such as ethanol, propanol, cyanomethanol, and methyl Cellosolve with 181 in benzene solution at room temperature proceeded smoothly to yield the corresponding 7a-alkoxy derivatives (186-189). Likewise, addition of methylmercaptan in ether to quinoid... 

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