Synthesis 1997; 1997(6): 631-633
DOI: 10.1055/s-1997-1403
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A Convenient Synthesis of Polysubstituted Phenylphenols from Substituted Anilines

Alain Maggiani, Arlette Tubul, Pierre Brun*
  • *Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique Sélective, ERS 158, Université de la Méditerranée, 163 Avenue de Luminy, case 901, F-13288, Marseille cedex 9, France, Fax +33(4)91829304; E-mail: brun@chimlum.univ-mrs.fr
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31 December 2000 (online)

2' and 4'-Substituted arylfurans react with DMAD in the presence of Lewis acid to afford Diels-Alder adducts with good yields; a subsequent spontaneous or an acid-induced β-elimination leads to polysubstituted phenylphenols.

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