ChemInform Abstract: A Facile and Efficient Method for the Rearrangement of Aryl‐Substituted Epoxides to Aldehydes and Ketones Using Bismuth Triflate.

Abstract

A Facile and Efficient Method for the Rearrangement of Aryl-Substituted Epoxides to Aldehydes and Ketones Using Bismuth Triflate.-The title reaction is regioselective with aryl-substituted epoxides and the products arise from cleavage of the benzylic C-O bond. -(BHATIA, KAUSHIK A.; EASH, KYLE J.; LEONARD, NICHOLAS M.; OSWALD, MATTHEW C.; MOHAN, RAM S.; Tetrahedron Lett. 42 (2001) 46, 8129-8132; Dep. Chem., Ill. Wesleyan Univ., Bloomington, IL 61701, USA; EN)