S. Kobayashi et al., THE CATALYTIC FRIES REARRANGEMENT OF ACYLOXY NAPHTHALENES USING SCANDIUM TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONATE AS A CATALYST, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (15), 1995, pp. 1527-1528
The catalytic Fries rearrangement of acyloxy naphthalenes proceeds smo
othly using a small amount of scandium trifluoromethanesulfonate (5 mo
l%) to afford the corresponding hydroxynaphthyl ketones in high yields
.