New Oxidative Aromatization of α,β-Unsaturated Cyclohexenones with Iodine-Cerium(IV) Ammonium Nitrate in Alcohol

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1991.1921

The reaction of 2-cyclohexen-1-one derivatives with iodine-cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate in alcohols (methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, and 1-butanol) under refluxing, gave the corresponding alkyl phenyl ethers in good yields.In the case of diol (ethylene glycol, 1,3-propanediol, and 1,4-butanediol), phenoxyalkanol derivatives were obtained.The present method was also applicable to oxidative rearrangement of isophorone.