Abstract

In cyclisations of triols with two tethered hydroxyl nucleophiles (giving ethers by acid-catalysed phenylthio migration) a gem-dimethyl group in the carbon chain bearing one of the OH groups favours cyclisation of that chain whether the new ring is five- or six-membered and whether the cyclisation is exo or endo in the Baldwin sense.

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