Chemistry of L-Ascorbic Acid: Regioselective and Stereocontrolled 2-C- and 3-C-Allylation via Thermal Claisen Rearrangement

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00091a036

We report the convenient preparation of 3-O- and 2-O-allylated derivatives of 5,6-O-isopropylidene-L-ascorbic acid (1) with various allyl substituents in high yield and their quantitative thermal Claisen rearrangement to the corresponding 2-C- and 3-C-all