Base-catalysed acyloin rearrangements: the first synthesis of 4-arylflavan-3-ones via chalcone epoxides
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1
- p. 1025-1028
- https://doi.org/10.1039/p19800001025
Abstract
3,3-Diaryl-2-hydroxypropiophenones are amenable to base-catalysed α-ketol rearrangements yielding isomeric 1-hydroxypropan-2-ones. These structural isomers exhibit marked differences in oxidation potential and serve as useful synthetic intermediates for novel 4-arylflavan-3-ones.Keywords
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