Rm. Jones et al., A mild anionic method for generating o-quinone methides: Facile preparations of ortho-functionalized phenols, J ORG CHEM, 66(10), 2001, pp. 3435-3441
A low-temperature method for generating o-quinone methides is described whi
ch permits facile introduction of assorted R substituents onto the aryl rin
g system at low temperature. The method is useful for the efficient prepara
tion of ortho-ring-alkylated phenols.