AROMATIZATION REACTION BY NUCLEOPHILIC ATTACK OF CYANIDE ION UPON A SULFONYLATED myo-INOSITOL

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0008-6215(00)87140-2

The reaction of 2,3-di-O-acetyl-1,4,5,6-tetra-O-(methylsulfonyl)-myo-inositol with potassium cyanide in 2-methoxyethanol gave as the final product, through a series of rearrangements and eliminations, 4-cyano-1-O-(methylsulfonyl)-1,2-benzene-diol, whose s