Chemistry Letters

THE CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT USING β-ALKYLTHIO-β, γ-UNSATURATED ALCOHOLS. A NEW METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF FURANS AND γ- …

T Takeda, T Fujiwara

Index: Takeda,Takeshi; Fujiwara, Tooru Chemistry Letters, 1982 , p. 1113 - 1116

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Abstract

Various furans and γ-oxocarboxylic esters were prepared by the pivalic acid-promoted Claisen rearrangement using β-alkylthio-β, γ-unsaturated alcohols followed by the treatment of the rearrangement products with an acid catalyst such as hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid in good yields.