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Access to Diarylmethanols by Wittig Rearrangement of ortho-, meta-, and para-Benzyloxy- N-Butylbenzamides
Aitken, R. Alan,Harper, Andrew D.,Inwood, Ryan A.,Slawin, Alexandra M. Z.
, p. 4692 - 4701 (2022/04/07)
The N-butyl amide group, CONHBu, has been found to be an effective promoter of the [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement of aryl benzyl ethers and thus allow the two-step synthesis of isomerically pure substituted diarylmethanols starting from simple hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives. The method is compatible with a wide range of functional groups including methyl, methoxy, and fluoro, although not with nitro and, unexpectedly, is applicable to meta as well as ortho and para isomeric series.
