Hypervalent organoiodine chemistry: a new synthesis of β-methylene cyclic ethers
Abstract
The allylsilanes (1), containing suitably-substituted hydroxy-groups, on treatment with iodosylbenzene in the presence of BF3–Et2O in an ether solvent, give 5- or 6-membered β-methylene cyclic ehters (3) in good yields, presumably via the highly reactive alylaryliodonium intermediates (2).