199013-92-8Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Ketone homologation to produce α-methoxyketones: Application to conduritol synthesis
Phillipson, Neil,Anson, Michael S.,Montana, John G.,Taylor, Richard J. K.
, p. 2821 - 2829 (1997)
The scope of Trost's sulfone homologation procedure for the conversion of ketones into their α-methoxylated higher homologues has been dramatically expanded. The use of zirconium (or hafnium) tetrachloride in the hydroxy sulfone rearrangement step gives g
