English

Noun

chromans

1. plural of chroman
   • 2014 July 30, Lorena Herkert et al., “Gold(I)-Catalysed Direct Thioetherifications Using Allylic Alcohols: an Experimental and Computational Study”, in Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany), volume 20, DOI:10.1002/chem.201403293:

     Next, a competing functional group (OH in 4-mercaptophenol 2 i ) was investigated, as phenols have been shown to form chromans or Friedel–Crafts allylation products under gold-catalysis with allylic alcohols.[ 11a , 17 ] Pleasingly, the reaction proceeds chemoselectively at the thiophenol site, although the yield is somewhat lower than with other thiophenols (49 %, entry 9).