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SUBMITTER: Croft RA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5095816 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 20161010 45
The first examples of 3,3-diaryloxetanes are prepared in a lithium-catalyzed and substrate dependent divergent Friedel-Crafts reaction. para-Selective Friedel-Crafts reactions of phenols using oxetan-3-ols afford 3,3-diaryloxetanes by displacement of the hydroxy group. These constitute new isosteres for benzophenones and diarylmethanes. Conversely, ortho-selective Friedel-Crafts reactions of phenols afford 3-aryl-3-hydroxymethyl-dihydrobenzofurans by tandem alkylation-ring-opening reactions; the ...[more]