A new rearrangement: conversion of a diepoxycyclohexane into a dihydropyrancarbaldehyde
Abstract
Treatment of 2,7,7-trimethyl-3,8-dioxatricyclo[3.2.1.02,4]octane 5 and derivatives with BF3 gave the corresponding 4,4,5-trimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran-2-carbaldehyde 7 and traces only of 3,5,5-trimethyl-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]-heptan-2-one 8.