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An Efficient Desilylation Method for the Generation of o-Quinone Methides: Application to the Synthesis of (+)- and (-)-Hexahydrocannabinol
Marino, Joseph P.,Dax, Scott L.
, p. 3671 - 3672 (1984)
The bis-silylated o-hydroxybenzyl alcohol derivative 1 undergoes regiospecific 1,4-desilylation-elimination to an incipient o-quinone methide that is trapped in an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction to yield (+)- or (-)-hexahydrocannabinols.
