title: Intervention of phenonium ion in Ritter reactions.
abstract: The transformation of phenylethyl chloride to 3,4-dihydroisoquinolines is shown to proceed via phenonium ion. The evidence comes from a study of dideuterated analogue 4, and the monomethylated and dimethylated compounds 2 and 3.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China. tlho@cc.nctu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Tse-Lok
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Rong-Jie
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Chein