Competing intermolecular and intramolecular hydride transfers in the ionic hydrogenation of (2-alkoxyphenyl)di(1-adamantyl)-methanols
ortho-Lithiation of anisole followed by reaction with di(1-adamantyl) ketone gives syn-(2-anisyl)di(1-adamantyl)-methanol with the C-OH proton intramolecularly hydrogen-bonded to the methoxy group. Reaction of the alcohol with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) i