Radical 1, 2??O→ C Transposition for Conversion of Phenols into Benzoates by O??Neophyl Rearrangement/Fragmentation Cascade

A Baroudi, J Alicea, IV Alabugin

Index: Baroudi, Abdulkader; Alicea, Jeremiah; Alabugin, Igor Y. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2010 , vol. 16, # 26 p. 7683 - 7687

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Abstract

Both phenols and benzoic acid derivatives are among the most common organic functional groups in organic chemistry. The transformation of an aryl alcohol into an aryl carboxylic acid derivative requires substitution of the phenol oxygen with a carbon atom, which is usually accomplished by metal-catalyzed carbonylation.[1] A metal-free O! C transposition reaction designed to convert phenols or their derivatives into benzoate esters would be a ...