Synthesis ofα-Tocopherol: Scandium(III) Trifluoromethanesulfonate as an Efficient Catalyst in the Reaction of Hydroquinone with Allylic Alcohol

Autor: Kazushi Hayashi, Hisashi Yamamoto, Makoto Matsui, Norio Karibe
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 68:3569-3571
ISSN: 1348-0634
0009-2673
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.68.3569
Popis: Scandium(III) trifluoromethanesulfonate was found to be an efficient catalyst as a Lewis acid for the condensation reaction of trimethylhydroquinone with isophytol to afford α-tocopherol. The condensation reaction proceeded smoothly using only a 0.001 molar amount of the catalyst. The catalyst was easily recovered from an aqueous layer after the reaction was completed, and could be reused.
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