Microwave irradiation of a phenol, an allylic alcohol, di-isopropyl azodicarboxylate and triphenylphosphine at 220–240° C for 30min results in a combined Mitsunobu reaction and Claisen rearrangement to give the rearranged 2-allylphenol. Following the first detailed study of microwave-assisted phenol oxidation, rapid syntheses of the natural products primin and 2-methoxy-6-pentadecyl-1, 4-benzoquinone (four reaction steps, total reaction time ...