Novel tocopherol derivatives. Part 32: On the bromination of pyrano[3,2-f]chromenes related to γ-tocopherol

While bromination of γ-tocopherol (2) with elemental bromine affords 5-bromo-γ-tocopherol quantitatively (3), the analogous reaction of its truncated model compound, 2,2,7,8-tetramethylchromanol (2a) is known to be accompanied by side reactions and to produce hitherto unknown byproducts. These compo...

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Main Authors: Böhmdorfer, Stefan, Kloser, Elisabeth, Patel, Anjan, Gille, Lars, Mereiter, Kurt, Rosenau, Thomas
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Pergamon Press 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3190837/