A convenient synthesis of o-methylbenzylamine derivatives from benzyl halides: the improved Sommelet–Hauser rearrangement
Abstract
Desilylation by fluoride anion of benzyldimethyl(trimethylsilylmethyl)ammonium halides having a Cl–, CN–, or AcO– substituent on the benzene ring gave high yields of the Sommelet–Hauser rearrangement products at room temperature.