Algar-Flynn-Oyamada reaction

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The Algar-Flynn-Oyamada reaction is a chemical reaction whereby a chalcone undergoes an oxidative cyclization to form a flavonol.[1][2]

The Algar-Flynn-Oyamada reaction

[edit] Reaction mechanism

Gormley et al. have shown that the reaction does not proceed through an epoxide.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Algar, J.; Flynn, J. P.; Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. 1934, 42B, 1.
  2. ^ Oyamada, B.; J. Chem. Soc. Japan 1934, 55, 1256.
  3. ^ T. R. Gormley, et al. Tetrahedron 1973, 29, 369.

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