Migration allyl groups

If both ortho positions bear substituents other than hydrogen, the allyl group will further migrate to the para position. This reaction is called the para-Claisen rearrangement. The formation of the para-substituted phenol can be explained by an initial Claisen rearrangement to an ortho-2l y intermediate which cannot tautomerize to an aromatic o-allylphenol, followed by a Cope rearrangement to the p-allyl intermediate which can tautomerize to the p-allylphenol e.g. 6 ... 

If both orf/io-positions are substituted, the allyl group undergoes a second migration, giving the >ara-substituted phenol ... 

The dienone intermediate (53a), as well as enolising to the phenol (52a), is itself capable of undergoing a Cope rearrangement to yield a second dienone (cf. 56a), whose enol is the p-substituted phenol (c/ 57a). Enolisation normally predominates, but where (51) has o-substituents, i.e. (54a), o-enolisation cannot take place, and only the p-phenol (57a) is then obtained. That this product is indeed formed not by direct migration of the allyl group, but by two successive shifts, is suggested by the double inversion of the position of the, 4C label in the allyl group that is found to occur ... 

The allyl group migrates to the ortho position and using C14 the allylic group is end interchanged. 

In unsubstituted phenyl ethers, the enolisation is faster than the Cope reaction. This is why the product is predominantly ortho isomer. When both the ortho positions are substituted, the allyl group undergoes a second migration via a concerted sigmatropic mechanism giving a para substituted phenol. This is called para Claisen condensation. 

In acyclic systems the 1,4-relative stereoselectivity was controlled by the stereochemistry of the diene. Thus, oxidation of (E,E)- and (E,Z)-2,4-hexadienes to their corresponding diacetates affords dl (>88% dl) and mesa (>95% me so) 2,5-diacetoxy-3-hexene, respectively. A mechanism involving a t vans-accto xy pal I adation of the conjugated diene to give an intermediate (rr-allyljpalladium complex, followed by either a cis or trans attack by acetate on the allyl group, has been suggested. The cis attack is explained by a cis migration from a (cr-allyl)palladium intermediate. The diacetoxylation reaction was applied to the preparation of a key intermediate for the synthesis of d/-shikimic acid, 3,... 

The dissociative mechanism of the Cope rearrangement casually mentioned above222 can be illustrated by two examples of Pd-catalyzed reactions. The migration of an allyl group from carbon to carbon in the pyridine system 466 occurs in the presence of a Pd° catalyst236. Refluxing dilute solutions of precursors 466 (R1, R2 = H, Me) in toluene for 7 h or in n -heptane for 24 h gave derivatives 468. The pyridine allyl ether 469 was also... 

Ring syntheses may involve nucleophilic attack of sulfur at a carbonyl group (Equation 52) <1978CPB722> or at a carbene followed by migration of the allyl group from positively charged sulfur to the adjacent carbon (Scheme 52) <1998T9689>. 

Allylic aryl ethers, when heated, rearrange to o-allylphenols in a reaction called the Claisen rearrangementIf both ortho positions are filled, the allylic group migrates to the para... 

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