A new synthesis of o-prenyl phenols

SEN Mohamed, P Thomas, DA Whiting

Index: Mohamed, Salah E. N.; Thomas, Philip; Whiting, Donald A. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1983 , # 13 p. 738 - 739

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Abstract

Phenylthiyl radicals add regiospecifically to isoprenoid chrom-3-enes to yield 3- phenylthiochromans which open to o-prenylphenols on electron transfer from metal naphthalenides or a mercury cathode; the two–step process is tolerant of free phenol and carbonyl functions, and trisubstituted double bonds.