Chemistry Letters

Novel Cerium (IV) Ammonium Nitrate Mediated Transformation of Styrenes to. ALPHA.-Methoxy Acetophenones.

V Nair, LG Nair, SB Panicker, V Sheeba, A Augustine

Index: Nair, Vijay; Nair, Latha G.; Panicker, Sreeletha B.; Sheeba; Augustine, Anu Chemistry Letters, 2000 , # 6 p. 584 - 585

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Abstract

Although the mechanistic details of the reaction are not clear, a tentative rationalization involving a radical cation can be suggested to account for the formation of the product (Scheme 1).7 It may be pointed out that the conventional method for the synthesis of α-methoxy acetophenones consists of the BF3·OEt2 catalyzed reaction of diazoketones and alcohols,5,8 in competi- ... LGN, SBP, VS and AA thank CSIR, New Delhi for the award of research fellowships and ...