Iron (III) chloride promoted rearrangement of propargyl alcohol to α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds

• Main Author: Nurhidayah Basri.
• Other Authors: Zaher Judeh
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering::Chemicals and manufacture
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16456
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds are important organic intermediates in the manufacture of natural products having biological, pharmaceutical and cosmetic relevance. Isomerization of propargyl alcohols to their corresponding α,β-unsaturated carbonyls have been the subject of a large number of inve...