CARBOXYLIC ESTERS AS RADICAL LEAVING GROUPS - A NEW AND EFFICIENT GAS-PHASE SYNTHESIS OF BENZOFURANS

Authors
BLACK M CADOGAN JIG CARTWRIGHT GA MCNAB H MACPHERSON AD
Citation
M. Black et al., CARBOXYLIC ESTERS AS RADICAL LEAVING GROUPS - A NEW AND EFFICIENT GAS-PHASE SYNTHESIS OF BENZOFURANS, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (11), 1993, pp. 959-960
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224936
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
959 - 960
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4936(1993):11<959:CEARLG>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) of o-allyloxycinnamate esters gives benzo furans in high yield, via cyclisation of a phenoxyl radical and subseq uent cleavage of the carboxylic ester function; coumarins are obtained by FVP of the corresponding phenols.