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First Example of Direct Transformation of Alkylbenzenes to 1, 3-Benzodioxoles by Oxidation with o-Chloranil

SM Rahman, T Kobayashi

Index: Rahman, Sheikh Maksudur; Kobayashi, Tomoshige Molecules, 2002 , vol. 7, # 11 p. 840 - 847

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Abstract

The oxidation of benzylic positions to carbonyl groups is one of the most important transformations in the synthetic chemistry [1,2]. On the other hand, if the transformation of benzylic positions directly into acetals as depicted in Scheme 1 were realized, it would be also useful in organic synthesis. ... During the course of our studies aimed at synthesis of a bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-5-ene- 2,3-dione skeleton by the Diels-Alder reaction of 2,3,4,5-tetrachloro-o-benzoquinone (o- ...