Tetrahedron Letters

Highly selective methanesulfonic acid-catalyzed 1, 3-isomerization of allylic alcohols

RR Leleti, B Hu, M Prashad, O Repič

Index: Leleti, Rajender Reddy; Hu, Bin; Prashad, Mahavir; Repic, Oljan Tetrahedron Letters, 2007 , vol. 48, # 48 p. 8505 - 8507

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Abstract

Allylic alcohols and their derivatives are important precursors in various synthetic organic reactions. 1 The direct 1,3-allylic rearrangement of allylic alcohols is a useful reaction, because one regioisomer is often more difficult to prepare than the other, but has received little attention. Only a few methods have been reported in the literature for this transformation, such as H 2 SO 4 , 2 CoCl 2 3 and isomerization catalyzed by transition-metal oxo complexes. ...