Synthesis and Photochemical Rearrangement of (1R,7aS)-1-(tert-Butyldiphenylsiloxy)-7a-methyl-5(7aH)-indanone

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00050a040

Reaction of (1S,7aS)-1-hydroxy-7a-methyl-7,7a-dihydro-5(6H)-indanone (5a) with benzoic acid under the usual conditions of the Mitsunobu reaction gave a low yield of a 1 : 1 mixture of the benzoate derivatives 6b and 5b resulting from inversion and retenti