Spiro-Fused 2,5-Cyclohexadienones from Thermal 1,3-Shifts in Quinol Vinyl Ethers. Reactions in Nonbenzenoid Systems and Limitations of the Chemistry

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00021a037

Addition of functionalized organolithium compounds to quinone monoketals furnished 4-hydroxy-2,5-cyclohexadienone derivatives.The 4-hydroxyl group of these molecules was then transformed into a vinyl ether, and the thermal <1,3>-shift chemistry of these f