title: Synthesis of unsymmetrically substituted 2,2'-dihydroxy-1,1'-biaryl derivatives using organic-base-catalyzed Ferrier-type rearrangement as the key step.
abstract: A strong organic base, TBD, functioned as a unique catalyst for the intramolecular multi-step transformation of lactols using the Ferrier-type rearrangement as the key step to provide unsymmetrically substituted 2,2'-dihydroxy biaryl compounds having four ortho substituents about the biaryl axis without the need for a metal catalyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan. mterada@m.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: Katsunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dan