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A New Rearrangement of Alkoxybenzyl Anions
Bates, Robert B.,Siahaan, Teruna J.,Suvannachut, Kessara
, p. 1328 - 1334 (2007/10/02)
Alkyl groups migrate from oxygen to carbon in alkyl aryl ethers which have been metalated in benzylic positions. 2,6-Dimethylanisole provides a variety of 2,6-dialkylphenols and their ethers in 45-80percent yields.Rearrangement products are obtained in 10-30percent yields from other dimethylanisoles and from methylanisoles.The reactions appear to proceed, like Wittig rearrangements, by homolytic cleavage of the alkyl-oxygen bond followed by recombination of the resulting radical pair in a different way.The rearrangements can be avoided by using methyl ethers and working at or below room temperature.
