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31 May 2003

C- versus O-Arylation of an Enol-Lactone Using Potassium tert-butoxide

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INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, 531 Boul. des Prairies, Laval, Québec, Canada
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Laboratoire de Chimie Organique Hétérocyclique, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohamed V, Rabat, Marocco
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Abstract

The use of potassium tert-butoxide as the base in arylation reactions of an enollactone with a series of benzyl halides was explored. Our work demonstrates that the ratio of C-arylation to O-arylation varies with the substitution pattern of the aryl halide.

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