Claisen rearrangement of meta-substituted allyl phenyl ethers
Abstract
Electron-releasing substituents at the 3-position of allyl phenyl ethers favour Claisen rearrangement of the allyl group to the 6-position, whereas electron-acceptors favour migration to the 2-position. 2-Acylhydroquinone 4-allyl ethers yield, predominantly, the 3-allyl isomers, probably because internal hydrogen bonding confers naphthalenoid character on the aryl residue.