On the reactivity of o-lithioaryl ethers: tandem anion translocation and Wittig rearrangement.
[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.
Barluenga
José
J
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
Fañanás
Francisco J
FJ
Sanz
Roberto
R
Marcos
César
C
Trabada
Marta
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