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Organoaluminum-promoted rearrangement of allyl phenyl ethers

K Maruoka, J Sato, H Banno, H Yamamoto

Index: Maruoka, Keiji; Sato, Junko; Banno, Hiroshi; Yamamoto, Hisashi Tetrahedron Letters, 1990 , vol. 31, # 3 p. 377 - 380

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Abstract

Abstract The Claisen rearrangement of allyl phenyl ethers with exceptionally bulky, oxygenophilic methylaluminum bis (4-bromo-2, 6-di-tert-butylphenoxide)(reagent A) is found to exhibit an unusual behavior not observable in the ordinary thermal and Lewis acid- induced rearrangement.