An iodine-promoted Meyer–Schuster rearrangement for the synthesis of α-iodo unsaturated ketones†
Abstract
A facile and efficient iodine-promoted Meyer–Schuster rearrangement of propargyl alcohols for the synthesis of α-iodo-α,β-unsaturated ketones is presented. The reaction is concisely conducted at ambient temperature and shows good functional group tolerance.
- This article is part of the themed collection: Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Professor Ei-ichi Negishi