Cobalt(II) chloride catalysed conversion of allylic alcohols to rearranged allylic amides
作者:Naresh K. Nayyar、M. Madhava Reddy、Javed Iqbal
DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(91)80456-g
日期:1991.11
Secondary and tertiary allylic alcohols can be converted to the corresponding allylically rearranged amides and acetates in presence of a catalytic quantity of cobalt(II) chloride and acetic anhydride in acetonitrile. Tertiary alcohols undergo complete rearrangement whereas the secondary ones yield a mixture of regioisomers.