亜硝酸ポリメチルベンジルの合成と性質

抄録

Several title compounds have been prepared by treatment of the corresponding benzyl alcohols with nitrosyl chloride in pyridine, and their decompositions in acetic acid and carbon tetrachloride have been investigated under various conditions. With lightly substituted benzyl nitrites, decompositions in both media led to the predominant formation of the benzaldehyde, while the benzyl acetate and benzyl nitrate were the respective, major products from the decompositions of hindered benzyl nitrites such as 2, 4, 6-trimethyl- and 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-pentamethylbenzyl nitrites. Hindered polymethylbenzyl nitrites and nitrites were found to behave differently towards the action of lithium aluminium hydride; the formers gave the expected benzyl alcohols while the latters were mostly reduced to the parent hydrocarbons.