Tetrahedron

Selectivity of tetrahydrofuran formation from inactivated aliphatic alcohols by the bromine-silver-salt reaction

NM Roscher, DK Shaffar

Index: Roscher, Nina Matheny; Shaffer, D. Kent Tetrahedron, 1984 , vol. 40, # 14 p. 2643 - 2650

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Abstract

Studies of the bromine-silver carbonate reaction with aliphatic alcohols in which intramoleular δ-H competition is possible are generally quite specific. Loss of tertiary δ- hydrogen occurs preferentially from both tertiary and secondary alfphatic alcohols to yield