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A convenient high yield version of the ester Claisen rearrangement. Preliminary communication

✍ Scribed by Martin Petrilka


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1978
Tongue
German
Weight
194 KB
Volume
61
Category
Article
ISSN
0018-019X

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✦ Synopsis


Abstract

Regiospecific addition of benzeneselenenyl bromide to ethyl vinyl ether followed by alcoholysis of the initially formed β‐bromoalkyl selenide 1 by primary, secondary or tertiary allylic alcohols 2a‐e gave the mixed acetals 3a‐e. Subsequent oxidation and thermal treatment of the corresponding selenoxides 4a‐e furnished after saponification the γ, δ‐unsaturated acids 7a‐e in excellent overall yields. The entire sequence (Scheme 2) represents a new version of the ester Claisen rearrangement.