FRIES-REARRANGEMENT OF ESTERS IN MONTMORILLONITE CLAYS - STERIC CONTROL ON SELECTIVITY

Citation
C. Venkatachalapathy et K. Pitchumani, FRIES-REARRANGEMENT OF ESTERS IN MONTMORILLONITE CLAYS - STERIC CONTROL ON SELECTIVITY, Tetrahedron, 53(50), 1997, pp. 17171-17176
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
ISSN journal
00404020
Volume
53
Issue
50
Year of publication
1997
Pages
17171 - 17176
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4020(1997)53:50<17171:FOEIMC>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
In the Fries rearrangement of phenyl and naphthyl esters in clay inter layer, framework aluminium acts as a Lewis acid, catalysing the rearra ngement. An increase in the size of migrating group/substrate causes a n increase in the formation of 2-isomer. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd .