Thursday, May 13, 2010

Organic Chemistry Mechanism: Elbs reaction:

In this method poly nuclear hydrocarbons are produced from a diaryl ketone containing a methyl group in the ortho position to the keto group. The reaction is usually carried out by heating the ketone under reflux at 400-450 0C until water is no longer evolved, e.g: o-methyl benzophenone forms anthracene.




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  1. joydeepMay 13, 2010 at 4:21 AM

    Thanks for sharing the Elbs reaction..I was looking for it..very descriptive indeed!!

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