[1,2]-Wittig Rearrangement

G. Wittig, L. Löhmann, Ann. 550, 260 (1942); G. Wittig, Experientia 14, 389 (1958).

Rearrangement of ethers with alkyl lithiums to yield alcohols via a [1,2]-shift:



Reviews: H. E. Zimmerman in Molecular Rearrangements Part 1, P. de Mayo, Ed. (Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1963) p 372-377; L. Brandsma, J. F. Arens in Chemistry of the Ether Linkage, S. Patai, Ed. (Interscience, New York, 1967) pp 570-580; U. Schöllkopf, Angew. Chem. 82, 795 (1970); A. R. Lepley, A. G. Giumanini in Mechanisms of Molecular Migrations vol. 3, B. S. Thyagarajan, Ed. (Interscience, New York, 1971); U. Schöllkopf, Ind. Chim. Belg. 36, 1057 (1971); G. Tennant, Ann. Rep. Progr. Chem. Sec. B 68, 241 (1972); R. W. Hoffmann, Angew. Chem. 91, 625 (1979); idem, Nachr. Chem. Tech. Lab. 30, 483 (1982). Cf. Meisenheimer Rearrangements; Stevens Rearrangement.