Regioselective boron trichloride-mediated aromatic Claisen rearrangement of resorcinol allyl ethers

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 45, 2005, Pages 7765-7767

  Ito, Fumihiro ^a   Kumamoto, Takuya ^a   Ishikawa, Tsutomu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boron trichloride; Claisen rearrangement; Regioselectivity; Resorcinol allyl ether

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BORON DERIVATIVE; BORON TRICHLORIDE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; RESORCINOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT;

EID: 26444440937     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.09.028     Document Type: Article

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