摘要:
An infrared study of the stereochemistry attending the Claisen rearrangement of cis- and trans-alpha,gamma-dimethylallyl and two other related vinyl ethers has shown that the reaction produces essentially only trans substituted allylacetaidehydes. The double bond in the o-Claisen rearrangement product of trans-alpha, gamma-dimethylallyl phenyl ether has also been demonstrated by infrared absorption to be predominantly trans. The transition state geometry of the Claisen rearrangement implied by these findings is discussed.