NOVEL OXIDATION OF ALKYL PHENYL TELLURIDES AND TELLUROXIDES WITH meta-CHLOROPERBENZOIC ACID: REPLACEMENT OF TELLURIUM MOIETY BY METHOXY GROUP ACCOMPAINED BY RING CONTRACTION AND PHENYL MIGRATION

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)88338-0

Oxidation of alkyl phenyl tellurides and telluroxides with meta-chloroperbenzoic acid in methanol at room temperature afforded the corresponding alkyl methyl ethers in high yields.The reaction was accompained by phenyl migration and ring-contraction respectively when applied to the compounds having phenyl group next to the tellurium moiety and to the methoxytelluration products of cyclic olefins.