Piancatelli's Reaction
The Piancatelli rearrangement is a chemical reaction involving the transformation of 2-furylcarbinols into 4-hydroxycyclopentenones. This method was developed by Italian chemist Giovanni Piancatelli in 1976.
Mechanism of Piancatelli's Reaction
The mechanism of this reaction is proposed to be a 4-π electrocyclization very much like the Nazarov cyclization reaction.
