Bismuth(III) triflate: Novel and efficient catalyst for Claisen and Fries rearrangements of allyl ethers and phenyl esters

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1433-1440

  Sreedhar, B ^a   Swapna, V ^a   Sridhar, Ch ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Allyl ethers; Bismuth(III) triflate; Claisen rearrangement; Fries rearrangement; Phenyl esters

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH DERIVATIVE; BISMUTH TRIFLATE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; LANTHANUM; SCANDIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTTERBIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 2442682853     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SCC-120030693     Document Type: Article

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