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Thallium (III) p-Tosylate Mediated Oxidative 2, 3-Aryl Rearrangement: A New Useful Route to Ipriflavone and Its Analogs

M Muthukrishnan, OV Singh

Index: Singh, Om V.; Muthukrishnan; Sunderavadivelu Indian Journal of Chemistry - Section B Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2005 , vol. 44, # 12 p. 2575 - 2581

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Abstract

Abstract A new route for the synthesis of ipriflavone, an antiosteoporotic agent, is described that has four steps and 60% yields starting from resacetophenone (2). The key step of the present methodology is thallium (III) p-tosylate mediated oxidative 2, 3-aryl rearrangement of