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Further observations on the Lewis acid-catalyzed benzylic hydroperoxide rearrangement: use of a boron-trifluoride/hydrogen peroxide preformed, aged reagent

DL Boger, RS Coleman

Index: Boger, Dale L.; Coleman, Robert S. Tetrahedron Letters, 1987 , vol. 28, # 10 p. 1027 - 1030

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Abstract

Abstract A preformed, aged reagent derived from boron trifluoride etherate and 90% hydrogen peroxide (2: 1–4: 1 complex) has been found to be a useful reagent for promoting the benzylic hydroperoxide rearrangement of readily oxidizable substrates bearing a free, basic amine. The use of this procedure for introduction of the C-4 phenol of the C-4/C-5 selectively-protected Full-size image (< 1 K)