Zincke-Suhl reaction
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The Zincke-Suhl reaction is a special case of a Friedel-Crafts alkylation and was first described by Zincke and Suhl <ref> M Newman. A Study of the Zincke and Suhl Reaction, J Am Chem Soc 19(6) (1954) p978</ref> <ref> M Newman. The Aluminum Chloride-catalyzed Reaction of Benzotrichloride with p-Cresol, J Am Chem Soc 19(6) (1954) p985</ref> <ref> T Zincke en R Suhl. Chem Ber 39 (1906) p4148</ref>:
The classic example of this reaction is the conversion of p-cresol to a cyclohexadienone with the aid of aluminum chloride as a catalyst and tetrachloromethane as a solvent. Melvin Newman, a scientist from the U.S. intensively studied the reaction in the 1950's and reported several improved procedures as well as mechanistic studies.
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