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Studies on carboxylation of alkoxy-substituted benzyl alcohols via direct lithiation and bromine-lithium exchange: Synthesis of phthalides and phthalideisoquinoline …

K Orito, M Miyazawa, H Suginome

Index: Orito, Kazuhiko; Miyazawa, Mamoru; Suginome, Hiroshi Tetrahedron, 1995 , vol. 51, # 9 p. 2489 - 2496

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Conversion of alkoxy-substituted benzyl alcohols to the corresponding phthalides by carboxylation via ortho lithiation and bromine-lithium exchange was studied. The method was applied to the key step in the synthesis of phthalideisoquinoline alkaloids. ... Carboxylation via nuclear ...