Rapid intramolecular 1,4-hydride transfers in rigid boat-conformation 4-hydroxycyclohexanones
Abstract
The ketols (1a)–(3a), have been prepared and barriers for degenerate rearrangement, by intramolecular hydride transfer, in the derived sodium alkoxides, (1b)–(3b) have been determined from their temperature dependent 13C n.m.r. spectra.