title: Mercuric triflate-catalyzed reaction of propargyl acetates with water leading vinyl ketones.
abstract: [reaction: see text]. Reaction of propargyl acetate with water catalyzed by Hg(OTf)2 afforded vinyl ketone as the major product along with a dimeric vinyl mercuric product and normal hydration products in small amounts. The reaction is an alternative to the Meyer-Schuster and Rupe rearrangement applicable to primary alcohols, although the mechanism is entirely different.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Yamashiro-cho, Tokushima 770-8514, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imagawa
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Asai
authors.forename: Hiroto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Hitomi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamagaki
authors.forename: Mugio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishizawa