CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF CIS-TRANS ISOMERS DERIVED FROM 3,3-DIPHENYL-1-HYDRINDONE. SYNTHESIS OF 3,3-DIPHENYLHYDRINDENE AND SOME OF ITS DERIVATIVES
Cis-trans isomers were obtained by condensation of 3,3-diphenyl-1-hydrindone with benzaldehyde or its o- and m-methyl-, o- and p-methoxy-, o-ethoxy, o- and p-chloro-derivatives; and by conversion of the condensation products by treatment with acetic acid.3,3-Diphenyl-1-hydrindone was reduced to 3,3-diphenylhydrindene, and the condensation products of that ketone with the above mentioned aldehydes to derivatives of 3,3-diphenylhydrindene.The methods of preparation of trans- and cis-3,3-diphenyl-2-benzylidene-1-hydrindone and of 3,3-diphenylhydrindene have been improved and the following compounds are described, as far as the authors are aware, for the first time: trans- and cis-3,3-diphenyl-2-(o-methylbenzylidene)-1-hydrindone, trans- and cis-3,3-diphenyl-2-(m-methylbenzylidene)-1-hydrindone, trans- and cis-3,3-diphenyl - 2 - (o-methoxybenzylidene) - 1 - hydrindone, trans- and cis- 3,3-diphenyl-2-(p-methoxybenzylidene)-1-hydrindone, trans- and cis-3,3-diphenyl-2-(o-ethoxybenzylidene)-1-hydrindone, trans- and cis-3,3-diphenyl-2-(o-chlorobenzylidene)-1-hydrindone, trans- and cis-3,3-diphenyl-2-(p-chlorobenzylidene)-1-hydrindone, 3,3- diphenyl - 2-benzyl - hydrindene, 3,3-diphenyl - 2 - (o-methylbenzyl)-hydrindene, 3,3-diphenyl-2-(m-methylbenzyl)-hydrindene, 3,3-diphenyl-2-(o-methoxybenzyl)-hydrindene, 3,3-diphenyl-2-(p-methoxybenzyl)-hydrindene, 3,3-diphenyl-2- (o-ethoxybenzyl) - hydrindene, 3,3-diphenyl-2-(o-chlorobenzyl)-hydrindene,3,3-diphenyl-2-(p-chlorobenzyl)-hydrindene.