Photo-Fries rearrangement in flow under aqueous micellar conditions

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Dec 21;56(98):15470-15472. doi: 10.1039/d0cc07331h. Epub 2020 Dec 7.

Abstract

A flow edition of photo-Fries rearrangement for the synthesis of 2-acylphenols in an aqueous micellar medium has been described. We take advantage of a narrow channel reactor and micelle-induced confinement effect to refine both the efficiency and selectivity of the parent photoreaction.