Rearrangement of p-methoxybenzyl-protected allylic alcohols to aldehydes

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Johan Wennerberg, Lars Eklund, Magnus Polla and Torbjörn Frejd


Abstract

Allyl p-methoxybenzyl ethers undergo an acid-catalysed 1,4-rearrangement to give p-methoxyphenylbutyraldehyde derivatives, which can be ring-closed to give substituted naphthalene derivatives.


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