ChemInform Abstract: Influence of the Nature of the Lewis Acid on the Rearrangement of 1-Phenyl-7-oxanorbornadiene Derivatives.

✍ Scribed by A. MAGGIANI; A. TUBUL; P. BRUN

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Weight: 29 KB
• Volume: 29
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0931-7597
• DOI: 10.1002/chin.199837118

✦ Synopsis

Influence of the Nature of the Lewis Acid on the Rearrangement of 1-Phenyl-7-oxanorbornadiene Derivatives.

-The course of the highly selective rearrangements of the 1-aryl-7-oxanorbornadienes (I) depends exclusively on the nature of the zinc halide used. Zinc iodide gives the 6-hydroxyfulvenes (II), whereas zinc bromide yields the 4-arylphenols (III). -