Bi(OTf)3 and SiO2-Bi(OTf)3 as Effective Catalysts for the Ferrier Rearrangement#.docVIP

Molecules 2005, 10, 884-892 molecules ISSN 1420-3049 Bi(OTf)3 and SiO2-Bi(OTf)3 as Effective Catalysts for the # Ferrier Rearrangement J. Lokesh Babu 1, Anakshi Khare 2 and Yashwant D. Vankar 1,* 1 Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 208 016, India. Fax: (+91)-512- 259 7492. 2 Department of Chemistry, University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226 006, India. * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E mail: vankar@iitk.ac.in # This paper is dedicated to Prof. K. K. Balsubramanian on his 65th birthday. Received: 9 November 2004; in revised form: 7 February