Tetrahedron Letters

Reaction of N, N-dichlorourethan with ethers. A novel cleavage-chlorination reaction

TA Foglia, D Swern

Index: Foglia,T.A.; Swern,D. Tetrahedron Letters, 1967 , p. 3963 - 3967

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Abstract

The reaction of alkoxy radicals with the O-hydrogen atoms of ethers, acetals and ketals is well documented in the literature (1, 2, 3). The resulting a-alkoxyalkyl radical undergoes a variety of reactions, the mst c-11 of which are chain transfer (substitution), fragmentation and