title: Ring strain-promoted allylic transposition of cyclic silyl ethers.
abstract: Relief of the ring strain of medium-sized rings promotes a regioselective allylic transposition of a C-O bond when catalyzed by rhenium oxide. Through the allylic transposition, eight-membered cyclic silyl ethers undergo ring contraction to the corresponding six-membered siloxacycles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Volchkov
authors.forename: Sangho
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Daesung
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lee