title: On the reactivity of o-lithioaryl ethers: tandem anion translocation and Wittig rearrangement.
abstract: [reaction: see text]. Allyl and benzyl 2-lithioaryl ethers, generated by bromine-lithium exchange in THF, undergo a new tandem anion translocation-[1,2]-Wittig rearrangement allowing the isolation of the corresponding benzylic alcohols.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Universitario de Química Organometálica Enrique Moles, Unidad Asociada al C.S.I.C. Julián Clavería, 8, Universidad de Oviedo, 33071 Oviedo, Spain. barluenga@sauron.quimica.uniovi.es
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barluenga
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Fañanás
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: César
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marcos
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trabada