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Cobalt (II) chloride catalysed conversion of allylic alcohols to rearranged allylic amides

NK Nayyar, MM Reddy, J Iqbal

Index: Nayyar, Naresh K.; Reddy, M. Madhava; Iqbal, Javed Tetrahedron Letters, 1991 , vol. 32, # 47 p. 6965 - 6968

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Abstract

Abstract Secondary and tertiary allylic alcohols can be converted to the corresponding allylically rearranged amides and acetates in presence of a catalytic quantity of cobalt (II) chloride and acetic anhydride in acetonitrile. Tertiary alcohols undergo complete rearrangement whereas the secondary ones yield a mixture of regioisomers.