Thermally induced cyclobutenone rearrangements and domino reactions

DC Harrowven, DD Pascoe…

Index: Harrowven, David C.; Pascoe, David D.; Guy, Ian L. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2007 , vol. 46, # 3 p. 425 - 428

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Abstract

The thermal rearrangement of vinylcyclobutenones has become established as a reliable method of preparing hydroquinones owing, in large part, to the pioneering work of the research groups of Moore and Liebeskind.[1–3] The basic reaction, 1→ 2, extends to various aryl-and heteroaryl cyclobutenones,[3–5] and has been incorporated into a number of more- elaborate domino sequences.[1, 6] From a synthetic perspective, the rearrangement has ...