Thallium trinitrate mediated oxidation of 3-alkenols: Ring contraction vs cyclization

HMC Ferraz, LS Longo…

Index: Ferraz, Helena M. C.; Santos, Andrea P.; Silva Jr., Luiz F.; Vieira, Tiago De O. Synthetic Communications, 2000 , vol. 30, # 4 p. 751 - 762

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Abstract

The reaction of a series of six-membered ring 3-alkenols with thallium trinitrate (TTN) in three different experimental conditions was studied. Either cyclization products or ring contraction products were obtained, depending on the structure of the substrate as well as