Copolymerization reactivities and conductivities of some living polymers of p-substituted styrenes

A kinetic study in tetrahydrofuran of the addition of 1,1-diphenylethylene on para-substituted styrylcarbanions (with Cs⁺ as counterion) has given the reactivities of free ions and ion-pairs. For both species, the addition rate constant increased in the following sequence for the substituent of the phenyl ring: pH < p-CH₃ <p-CH₃O. It was also shown that in the same solvent, the dissociation constants of the polystyryl ion-pairs decreased with the electron-donating power of the substituent.     

Etude de la reactivite des coumarines—I : Regioselectivete des reactifs de grignard engages avec la coumarine

The various products obtained by the action of organomagnesium, compounds on coumarin result from 1.2-1.2 di-addition (phenolic alcohols) or 1.2–1.4 di-addition (ketophenols) or 1.4 mono-addition (dihydrobenzopyrones). The results show the importance of the nature of the halogen component of the Grignard reagent. A theoretical model allows regioselectivity of coumarine in relation to the group R and the halogene X to be evaluated.     

Magydardiendiol,diterpenoid with a new skeleton from magydaris panacifolia (umbelliferae).

Three new diterpenoids with a substituted α-cyclogeraniol skeleton have been isolated from the umbelliferae $\text{Magydaris panacifolia}$ (Vahl) Lange, for which the names of magydar-2,13-dien-11,17-diol, $\text{1}$, magydar-2,10 (20), 13-trien-17-ol, $\text{2}$, and magydar-2,10(20), 13-trien-17-yl acetate, $\text{3}$, are proposed. The structures of these substances have been deduced from spectroscopic and chemical data.