One of our current projects required a series of ally1 2-nitroaromatic ethers as substrates for a new synthesis of benzoxazines.'During the preparation of several of these substrates, we found that conversion of the required allylic alcohol to the bromide and 0-alkylation of 2- nitrophenol under basic conditions gave low yields of the desired products. We, therefore, sought a more direct approach involving nucleophilic substitution of an allylic alkoxide on ...
