Thermally induced retro-Claisen rearrangement of formyl-ethynyl-cyclopropanes
Abstract
The retro-Claisen rearrangement of the formylethynyl-cyclopropanes (1a–c) followed by a [1,3] hydrogen shift yields two types of products depending on the nature and position of the substituents: the alkylidene-dihydro-oxepins (3a–c) and the phenol (6).