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Radical-chain redox rearrangement of cyclic benzylidene acetals to benzoate esters in the presence of thiols
Roberts, Brian P.,Smits, Teika M.
, p. 137 - 140 (2007/10/03)
Cyclic benzylidene acetals derived from 1,2- and 1,3-diols undergo an efficient ring-opening redox rearrangement to give benzoate esters in the presence of a peroxide initiator and a thiol, which acts as a polarity-reversal catalyst to promote the radical-chain reaction.