Date of Award
Summer 1969
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Chemistry
Abstract
Indene oxide (indan, 1,2-epoxy; indene 2,3-oxid is first recorded in the literature in 1919. This compound was formed in practically quantitative yield by the treatment of indene bromo hydrin in ether with powdered potassium hydroxide. At this time Van Loon also reported the preparation of indene oxide by mechanical shaking of an anhydrous, ethere!al solution of the bromohydrin with finely powdered potassium hydroxide. The desired product was obtained in a 92-97% yield by this method. Indene oxide has been prepared in a similar manner from trans-2-chloro-l-indanol by treatment "with soda," distillation of the acetone in vacuo after 15 hours, and extraction with ether.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Christopher Peter, "Peracid oxidation of 3-phenylindene" (1969). Master's Theses. 297.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses/297