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The benzilic ester rearrangement evidence for a set pathway in the benzilic ester and/or acid rearrangement

CG Screttas, M Micha-Screttas, CT Cazianis

Index: Screttas, Constantinos G.; Micha-Screttas, Maria; Cazianis, Constantine T. Tetrahedron Letters, 1983 , vol. 24, # 31 p. 3287 - 3288

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Abstract

Abstract Benzil and 9, 10-phenanthrenoquinone are transformed to the benzilic acid-type esters by the action of lithium tert-butoxide in tetrahydrofuran (THF)-benzene. The semidione of the diketone has been shown by ESR spectroscopy to be an intermediate.