A Direct Retro-Barbier Fragmentation
Wen-Chun Zhang and Chao-Jun Li
*Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118,
Email: cj.li
mcgill.ca
W.-C. Zhang, C.-J. Li, J. Org. Chem., 2000, 65, 5831-5833.
DOI: 10.1021/jo000129r
Abstract
A direct retro-Barbier fragmentation of cyclic tertiary alcohols proceeds under mild conditions in the presence of bromine and potassium carbonate in chloroform to provide bromoketones in high yields.
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Key Words
Ketones, Alkyl Bromides, Oxidation of Alcohols
ID: J42-Y2000
