The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Halocarbon chemistry. 1.(2-Hydroxyaryl) acetylenes from haloethyl aryl ethers. A new oxygen-to-carbon rearrangement

R Subramanian, F Johnson

Index: Subramanian, Raghupathi; Johnson, Francis Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1985 , vol. 50, # 25 p. 5430 - 5432

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Abstract

Summary: A new base-induced (BuLi) oxygen-to-carbon rearrangement is described which involves the direct conversion of phenyl tetra (or tri) haloethyl ethers and the related intermediate phenoxyalkynes to the corresponding 1-(2-hydroxyphenyl) alkynes in good to excellent yield.