ISOMERIZATION OF PRIMARY ALLYLIC ALCOHOLS TO TERTIARY ONES BY MEANS OF Me3SiOOSiMe3-VO(acac)2 CATALYST

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)94523-4

The title rearrangement proceeds in dichloromethane at 25 _oC in the presence of the catalyst prepared in situ to give tertiary isomers in good yields.Other rearrangements of sec. -> tert. or sec. -> sec. have been examined.