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Decarboxylative 1,2-rearrangement of cyclic carbonates promoted by Lewis acid
Yoichi Dokai1, Kodai Saito1, Tohru Yamada1
1Department of Chemistry, Keio University, Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan. yamada@chem.keio.ac.jp.
Abstract:
A Lewis acid-mediated decarboxylative 1,2-rearrangement reaction of cyclic carbonates was developed. The selectivity of the migration in the decarboxylative 1,2-rearrangement of cyclic carbonates was opposite to that of the corresponding 1,2-diols under the same reaction conditions. This contrasting selectivity of the migration was confirmed in a variety of substrates.
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