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Machiko Ono1, Takeru Ehara, Hirofumi Yokoyama
1School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, Chiba, Japan.
Abstract:
The solvolysis reaction of (4,5)-anti-4-aryl-5-tosyloxy-2(E)-hexenoates 4a-k gave (4,5)-anti-4-aryl-5-hydroxy-2(E)-hexenoates 2a-k and (4,5)-anti-5-aryl-4-hydroxy-2(E)-hexenoates 5a-k along with the complete inversion. This 1,2-aryl migration was induced by treatment with heating in water-saturated nitromethane. On the basis of the substituent effect on the aromatic ring, this 1,2-aryl migration is thought to proceed via the sigma-bridged phenonium ion. The product selectivity between 2a-k and 5a-k was found to be subtly governed by the substituent and substitution pattern in the aromatic ring of the substrates 4a-k.
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