Synlett 2000; 2000(5): 0749-0751
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-6606
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Rearrangement of Oxasphiroheptanes to Cyclohexanones Mediated by Lithium Iodide

Didier Bouyssi* , Marcello Cavicchioli, Sylvie Large, Nuno Monteiro, Geneviève Balme
  • *Laboratoire de chimie organique I, associé au CNRS, Université Claude Bernard, CPE, 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne, France; Fax + 33.4.72.43.12.14; E-mail: balme@univ-lyon1.fr
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31 December 2000 (online)

A variety of functionalized oxasphiroheptanes were easily transformed in good to excellent yields into cyclohexanones by treatment with lithium iodide.

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