Rearrangements of ethylene oxide derivatives. V. The boron trifluoride catalysed rearrangement of some 1,1-disubstituted ethylene oxides
BN Blackett, JM Coxon, MP Hartshorn and KE Richards
Australian Journal of Chemistry
23(10) 2077 - 2084
Published: 1970
Abstract
The boron trifluoride catalysed rearrangement of the unsymmetrical epoxide (3) to give aldehyde (5) proceeds by selective (c. 1.9: 1) migration of the hydrogen atom (Hb) cis to the methyl group.https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9702077
© CSIRO 1970
